It was the first he had done without the backing of a full live band.

"This year many more people entered the race without their backing, and so nothing is really clear."

She never would have been able to build the opera house in the first place without his backing.

So, without Congress's backing, the chances of anything happening soon are small.

He started from scratch, without the backing of any large agency.

I don't think your father ever ran for office without my backing.

The brothers began working on a third issue in 2004, without the backing of a publishing company.

This was the first time the Government issued any type of notes without backing.

It is fair to say the organization could not have survived without our backing.

So we're not entirely without backing and influence ourselves, you know.