Sentence examples for show of backbone from inspiring English sources

Many of them doubtless assume that he will lose and are hoping for a better position afterward — still, the very small show of backbone that would be required to resist his takeover seems unavailable.

But, encouragingly, Sir John Vickers's independent commission on banking is showing signs of backbone.

We can demand that everyone stop being too sensitive about health and safety and show a bit of backbone.

The situation is resolved in a suitably harmonious way, without Ali having to do anything ethically suspect or even show a bit of backbone.

We need to remind David Cameron to show a bit of backbone; the case for same sex marriage is extremely strong whilst the main complaints don't withstand scrutiny.

If you show a bit of backbone and be honest, you're OK.

It was Mr. Obama, he argued, who showed a lack of backbone on the issue.

Tony Blair, in an evolutionary miracle that would make Darwin's head spin, has overnight started showing some signs of backbone and independent thought.

The game is in Storrs (Saturday, 9 p.m). and although Jim Calhoun is not there to scowl some life into them, the Huskies have shown a bit of backbone lately in defeating Villanova with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Shabazz Napier.

"Both the Rooseveltipithicus and the HueyLongicus showed strong indications of backbone, and archeological remains of so-called "Public Works," and badly eroded but still visible "Social Programs" support the theory of ancient spinal strength in Democrats".

Structural superimposition of ICAM-1 wild type (K469) and variant (E469) showed 0.943 Å of backbone root mean square deviation as calculated by PYMOL software.