Example sentences of "backed [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This evidence is backed up by early cave paintings in Europe too . |
| 2 | They told themselves that they might be frightened off if they knew that Derek was backed up by other members of his family . |
| 3 | Are its statements backed up by other sources , biblical or non-biblical , or by archaeology ? |
| 4 | Mr Spicer is being backed up by other MPs in rural areas . |
| 5 | Backed up by good professional advice , this form of management creates an active approach towards legal matters . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Overlapping plates of bone provide the ‘ armour ’ over most of their bodies , and are often backed up by sharp tooth-like projections . |
| 10 | If it has to be backed up by close supervision and control a point may be reached where such activities are self-defeating . |
| 11 | They were backed up by technical officers and explosive experts who offered advice . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The report is backed up by anecdotal evidence from careers fairs . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | To be effective , overt status has to be backed up by active status . |
| 21 | Backed up by clear strategies for marketing , design , sourcing and production , a confident business is now in place . |
| 22 | A succession of recent graduates from the Medau Schule came to England ‘ au pair ’ ( backed up by English leaders until their work permits were valid ) , and joined Molly to teach and demonstrate — Christa , Usch , Elke , Ingrid , Maric , and Toxi are all fondly remembered . |
| 23 | All consumers were urged to ‘ switch off at the peak ’ and in periods of severe difficulties moral suasion was backed up by statutory controls , though for small consumers these were practically impossible to enforce , so that voluntary restriction remained the more important . |
| 24 | What was most encouraging was the extent to which common goals and ideals were backed up by local collaboration and a significant amount of interaction at the field level ; what was most disappointing was that this continued to be overlaid by an enduring legacy of suspicion — even hostility — at more senior levels . |
| 25 | Local residents in Wootton have become increasingly worried that high-intensity paint spraying will bring unpleasant smells and health hazards to the area , and they 've been backed up by local M P , John Patten as well as the Vale of White Horse District Council , whose planning committee have voted to stop Hartwells expanding their Wootton site into what they described as an industrial park . |
| 26 | This should be backed up by improved public transport , within the framework of overall traffic management plans to be drawn up with highway authorities . |
| 27 | Until the 1950s , those who ran City Hall were backed up by hefty party machines . |
| 28 | First , to dismiss the large body of academic work on media influence , particularly with regard to the effects of violence , and replace it with a series of insinuations ( which are not backed up by hard evidence of any sort ) displays a breathtaking arrogance on the part of the writer . |
| 29 | The Conservative case is more than a political ideal : it can be backed up by rigorous economic arguments . |
| 30 | In nature it 's backed up by waterproof animal oils — Nikwax use TX10i . |