Sentence examples for part of backbone from inspiring English sources

Modeling gain-loss dynamics of elongation factor genes along the rate-smoothed tree yields results that strongly deviate from those obtained with the original reference tree: probabilities of the character states along the major part of backbone are now around 50% for EFL and around 50% for the presence of both genes.

"Mergers, strikes, collective bargaining -- these situations of conflict and cooperation are part of the backbone of practical economics," he says.

"Certainly," Bordick responded, "but he's part of the backbone, in the middle of that field.

We are part of the backbone of this country and will continue to be.

We are part of the backbone of society -- the quiet majority".

Mr. Aronson was the last surviving sibling of the family and was part of the backbone of the Huntington community in the early part of the 1900's.

These hospitals are part of the backbone of American health care, amounting to 15 percent of hospital beds.

A conservative Democrat who used to hate antiwar protesters, she describes her family as part of the "backbone" of the country.

"Bob was a vibrant leader of McDermott and part of our backbone for the many years he was our friend and colleague," said Jeffrey E. Stone, Co-Chair of McDermott Will & Emery.

He is part of the backbone of this team; he's a youngster who has shown he is the real thing.

And unless you happen to own a bandsaw, so is slicing off the chine bone, part of the backbone that's attached to the ribs.