Example sentences of "backed [adv prt] by the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , counter-revolutionary forces on the continent , armed and trained ( particularly since the Cuban revolution ) by the pentagon , remain impressively strong , and in Central America are backed up by the threat of military action by the United States itself , as recent events in Nicaragua and El Salvador have reaffirmed . |
| 2 | To an extent , this is backed up by the work of Renberg et al . , |
| 3 | This belief is firmly backed up by the experience of the West German government when in 1965 it attempted to bring criminal charges against nine Chemie Grunenthal executives who were indicted for causing bodily harm and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the drug thalidomide . |
| 4 | Interestingly , this position is backed up by the experience of the Mondragon cooperative enterprises in the Basque region of Spain . |
| 5 | In addition to regulating the chief feasts and rituals of the year , the Church canons prohibited Sunday work , in accordance with the Ten Commandments , and these canons were backed up by the dissemination of miracle stories concerning the fates of those who did work on Sundays . |