Sentence examples for to show backbone from inspiring English sources

An exasperated Rafael Benitez has pleaded with his players to show backbone as Liverpool's crisis worsens.

Last weekend, the former boss of Marks & Spencer was wheeled out to urge employers to show "backbone" over work experience.

Romney touched on foreign policy only briefly, pledging to show "backbone" to Russian president Vladimir Putin and deriding Obama for failing to halt Iran's nuclear development.

Speaking to executives at a forum in Beijing to introduce his book, Dr. Santoro said they needed to show "backbone and courage".

"You can demonstrate determination and willingness to make difficult choices, to show backbone and courage, to confront adversity calmly and skillfully.

The demands made in Washington were the first real evidence that this country has an Administration that intends to show backbone.

Now, he said, President Obama should "show backbone" and shove the dictator to the exits, or to the grave.

Coming out strongly for capping the rates would show backbone against the banking industry, and put the candidate squarely on the side of the consumer.

But after resampling the side-chain improvement is larger for the set of targets that also show backbone improvement after resampling compared with targets that show no improvement in backbone, indicating that improved side-chains help the MQAP to select better backbone models.

"We want the UK to show some backbone.

The time has come for him to show some backbone.