Sentence examples for to back down over from inspiring English sources

Donald Trump has refused to back down over comments suggesting American Muslims cheered the 9/11 attacks saying he is "100 per cent right".

"Nestle have had lots of opportunities to back down over the last year," said Mr Forsyth.

NEITHER Sri Lanka's government, nor the United Nations seems ready to back down over an increasingly bitter dispute.

Neither nation can afford to appear to back down over territorial claims that speak volumes about the countries' often tortured history since Japan's brutal invasion of China.

Having been forced to back down over trivial tax changes in his March budget, he has come to seem uncertain and weak.

WPP has experienced shareholder rebellions over Sorrell's pay in the past and was forced to back down over his pay plan four years ago.

Ms. Streb struggled up the incline in quasi-military attire and then rolled back down, over and over, grunting and groaning, as water washed down the slope or poured upon her.

The chancellor was forced to back down last week over radical plans to shake up tax relief on pensions, in part because of the anxieties of backbenchers, who feared a backlash from higher-paid constituents, who were set to lose out under the measures.

Twice this century protesters in Hong Kong have forced the authorities to back down: in 2003, over plans to introduce a tough security law, and again in 2012 with Mr Wong's protest over education.

Bruton's fellow Fine Gael TD who represents the areas, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, claims her government is now creating 3,000 jobs a month as part of its Action Plan For Jobs.  Updated at 11.52am BST 11.29am BST The EC is refusing to back down to George Osborne over its plans to cap bankers' bonuses.

Hauled before Congress in February to justify the decision, Ms. Braly refused to back down, although the uproar over the proposed increases might have helped hasten the legislation's passage.