Sentence examples for was backstopped by from inspiring English sources

Greece, its debt downgraded to junk status, clung to solvency and was backstopped by an international rescue package.

And the L.P.G.A. Tour's loss of Safeway as the title sponsor of a tournament in Arizona was backstopped by the quick substitution of J Golf.

Many shareholders and analysts have greeted Mr. Icahn's takeover offer with skepticism, especially since the investor has said that his bid was backstopped by a "highly confident" financing letter from one bank, Jefferies & Company.

*Each end zone is backstopped by nets that are 30 feet wide and 32 feet high.

That group would be backstopped by billions of dollars in bank financing as well.

Such progress must be backstopped by a broader effort to continue deepening ties between Russia and the West.

The Americans will be backstopped by Mike Richter of the Rangers, the Canadians by Martin Brodeur of the Devils.

"But the fact that the market is being backstopped by the prospect of additional Fed support I think is making investors more confident of stepping in," he said.

They were backstopped by goalkeeper Carl Braun, who would grow to 6ft 5in and went on to star for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association.

Every merchant services application I have seen has required a Social Security number and demanded that all card transactions be backstopped by my own assets.

Ms Ernst's campaign responds that privatisation could be "backstopped" by the federal government, sparing students any increase in interest rates.