Research and development must receive financial backing, but the focus has to be right.

The group soon received financial backing and began publishing books.

You may think I am saying this to receive your endorsement or backing.

As everybody knows it received massive backing by all the people on the island of Ireland only last week.

With this pledge, he received strong backing from the leading powers of the West.

For many years, a review of election records showed, he has received generous financial backing from its members.

Despite the popularity of their sound, they receive little promotion or financial backing.

The guild also receives financial backing from local government and businesses.

Spending for health and education customarily receive strong public backing.

The provision received strong backing from the business community and immigration advocates.

Typically that has taken place when pharmaceutical companies license experimental drugs from universities, or when professors receive backing from venture capitalists to start companies.

It received backing from venture capital firm 3i.

Several times in the past year, Mr. Schröder has threatened to resign as chancellor if he did not receive backing for his reform program from his own party.

It received backing from the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, and was then manufactured.

She received backing from Rotana, the film production company of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.

He received backing from the anti-Coalition wing of the Conservative Party, including endorsements in the Morning Post.

Privately owned papers which are unprofitable do exist, but this is because they receive backing for other purposes - political, in most cases.

He received backing from Environment Minister Robert Key who said: 'This programme epitomises what City Grant is all about.

He received backing strong backing from the Parliament.

The initial proposal had been put forward in 1846 but the scheme was not passed until it received backing from the London and North Western Railway.