Example sentences of "back up [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If the wind blew to the South-East they would be mostly in the U.S.S.R. … if the wind blew the other way they would extend well back up into Western Europe . ’
2 His love for Edmund is a trust that the bastard exploits , planting a false letter , which he backs up with false testimony , alleging that Edgar would wish to oust his father , a hypocrite 's typical inversion of the truth .
3 To enable us to meet such a challenge with a continually high standard , and within our budgetary constraints , we have standard menus which are backed up with standard recipes and preparation systems .
4 In each case , the individual topics ( which are discussed by experts ) are backed up with additional notes and comments from other participants .
5 These are backed up with in-store materials such as posters , vinyl stickers and product label recipes .
6 If your new employer has offered to provide you with facilities for updating , make sure that this is included in your contract of employment , and that it is backed up with meaningful support and supervision .
7 Excellent facilities are available which allow experimental work to be pursued at the cellular and molecular as well as at the whole animal level ; modern equipment and computing facilities are backed up with excellent mechanical and electronic workshops , photographic and graphic facilities , and technical support is available .
8 The scheme is backed up with tough quotas , both for the amount of each kind of packaging to be collected , and for the amount to be recycled .
9 Councillor Norman Murray said that the signal to unsocial tenants should be quite clear and had to be backed up with swift and firm action .
10 It looks at diseases , prevention and drugs , and analysis is backed up with frightening statistics .
11 This evidence is backed up by early cave paintings in Europe too .
12 They told themselves that they might be frightened off if they knew that Derek was backed up by other members of his family .
13 Are its statements backed up by other sources , biblical or non-biblical , or by archaeology ?
14 Mr Spicer is being backed up by other MPs in rural areas .
15 Backed up by good professional advice , this form of management creates an active approach towards legal matters .
16 The impression of protection given by the chassis is backed up by tireless brakes , which despite the huge weight needed to be slowed , dealt with our fade test with ease .
17 I believe that if clinic services are backed up by appropriate systems to support , initiatives of PHC implementation based in the community may register measurable impacts even within the constraints of a declining economy .
18 The real world has long left behind the age when old so-and-so could decide ‘ I rather like this slogan ’ or ‘ My constituents think we ought to do such and such ’ without that ‘ feeling ’ being backed up by professional research and experience .
19 Overlapping plates of bone provide the ‘ armour ’ over most of their bodies , and are often backed up by sharp tooth-like projections .
20 If it has to be backed up by close supervision and control a point may be reached where such activities are self-defeating .
21 They were backed up by technical officers and explosive experts who offered advice .
22 In general , though , the feedback to theory from many social enquiries has been almost incidental , since much research actually concerned with collecting first-hand information has been orientated to solving practical social problems , and much theoretical work has not been backed up by actual field investigations .
23 There 's no hope for a breathing space for the business community as far as Mr Humber is concerned : ‘ We will continue to campaign for the registers to include all sources of contamination , ’ he says grimly , ‘ and we will campaign for not just land liable to be contaminated to be included on the register , but then for that to be backed up by actual investigation of those sites and for that to be put on the registers as well . ’
24 But once again they were backed up by substantial pedigrees — a stylish first lactation daughter of Roybrook Tempo , Watergate Tempo Rosetta already classified VG is out of top production and inspection cow Murlone Ultimate Rosetta .
25 The report is backed up by anecdotal evidence from careers fairs .
26 Unlike Eisenhower ( who had argued in 1959 , that if the Soviets really intended to make trouble they could be deterred only with the threat of nuclear war ) , Kennedy believed that Western diplomacy should be backed up by increased conventional forces on the continent .
27 It also needs to be backed up by simple guidelines , and supported by detailed product information : there is no question that the best and most effective advertising is based squarely in a complete understanding of the product .
28 What the institutional life does well , if backed up by economic stability or an ideological message , is produce people who cope well in situations where feelings can be a handicap to efficient functioning .
29 Such a view would be wrong because many of the points of critique that we have just set down have been backed up by solid research into the concrete world of interests and groups .
30 To be effective , overt status has to be backed up by active status .
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