noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
backing singers (= people who sing with her )
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Tina Turner’s backing singers
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
financial
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Several new contracts are already being negotiated with Rentokil's financial backing and branch network offering further benefits to prospects.
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It is understood the financial backing for the plan has yet to be finalised.
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A private consortium has financial backing for a scheme to build an entire underground toll-road system.
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He had the expertise and financial backing .
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The Crusade received very substantial financial backing for the organization of the march from the right-wing military and political parties.
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And it has also provided financial backing for research into alternatives to the use of animals.
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But Hafodunos said they were ending negotiations with Watertight, who they said had failed to provide evidence of sufficient financial backing .
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Mr Venables said he had full but anonymous financial backing .
full
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Mr Mackie, who has the full backing of his firm, is pleading not guilty to the charge.
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The teachers have given the parents their full backing .
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We met them face to face and he gave his full backing .
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Val's scheme has got the full backing of police in Gloucestershire and West Mercia.
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The championships have the full backing of Durham County Cricket Club.
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For centuries it was persecuted and the cruelties heaped upon it were given the full backing of the Church.
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Thousands of people across the country have signed the plea which has the full backing of the Opposition.
royal
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When they could no longer claim to act with royal backing they were dangerously vulnerable.
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It was this royal backing which turned Gloucester's territorial influence into a regional hegemony.
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The development of the retinue would have been impossible without royal backing and reflected, rather than negated, the king's authority.
strong
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During the summer months of 1986 it became clear that this approach enjoyed strong backing from the United States and Britain.
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The regime was given strong backing by the Soviet Union but failed to gain widespread popular support.
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They again offered strong economic backing for reforms.
■ NOUN
singer
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She has already established herself as a backing singer specialising in jazz and stands to win professional recording sessions.
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As well as the choirs, the following also appeared in the cast: Pharaoh's backing singers .
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Having come from backing singer to lead, Sam is now enjoying well deserved success with the title song Stop.
vocal
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And she was even doing some of the backing vocals .
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There are verses and choruses and chick backing vocals and a big Chris Hughes production to give it that radio-friendly oomph.
■ VERB
get
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Although, the idea doesn't get whole-hearted backing from Grendon's Governor.
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And she's got the backing of the police.
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So one would image that the latest new fangled marketing initiative at Vaux-owned Swallow Hotel in Gateshead gets his backing .
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Val's scheme has got the full backing of police in Gloucestershire and West Mercia.
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But that isn't the reason for these kids not getting backing .
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Controls on straw burning get the full backing of the law this season - here's what to do.
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Today they got full backing from the visiting Prison's Minister.
give
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Representatives of interested local authorities have already met with transport under-secretary Patrick McLaughlin, who has given the scheme his backing .
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We met them face to face and he gave his full backing .
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I gave up backing horses years ago.
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The regime was given strong backing by the Soviet Union but failed to gain widespread popular support.
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More than 400 competitors in all, from the age of 5 upwards, gave their backing to the championships.
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For centuries it was persecuted and the cruelties heaped upon it were given the full backing of the Church.
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At last, Ford and Jaguar bosses have given their backing to a spiritual successor to the E-type.
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Although the turnout was only 43 percent, 99 percent of votes cast gave backing to the Constitution.
need
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They desperately need backing just to continue the work everyone agrees should be expanded.
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The National Parks need backing , so do the greenbelts and the remaining countryside.
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I don't think you need all these backing tapes and samples.
provide
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The questions arise: Does the same experiment provide equally good backing for any other theory?
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They provide backing for such shattering conclusions as the following: s fly.
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We can imagine forms of social life which don't provide the necessary backing for sorrow and affection.
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And it has also provided financial backing for research into alternatives to the use of animals.
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A tight hypnotic beat provides the perfect backing .
receive
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The Crusade received very substantial financial backing for the organization of the march from the right-wing military and political parties.
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Grant, who receives some backing from Hogan clubs, relies heavily on support from his wife Linda.
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In four rounds of voting on July 24 and 26 none received the necessary backing of two-thirds of the 400 deputies.
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It received backing from venture capital firm 3i.
secure
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Walesa had secured the backing of virtually all of the country's political and social organizations, including the Catholic Church.
win
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The National Union of Teachers has launched a multi-million pound advertising campaign to win public backing for greater investment in education.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Chairman Robert Eaton said he has the backing of the vast majority of the company's major shareholders.
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Does this policy have government backing ?
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The company failed to get sufficient financial backing , and never got off the ground.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A dense pile wears better than a loosely-woven one, which can be parted to reveal the backing .
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But it was done now, there was no way of backing out.
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The grasses are woven together with cotton to form a mat, which is then bonded on to a paper backing .
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There was also a sanitary argument which seemed to have scientific backing , even if evidence was lacking.
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They're looking to entrepreneurs like David Puttnam and Richard Branson for the vital backing to develop the project.
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They desperately need backing just to continue the work everyone agrees should be expanded.
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This time the spelling changes had the backing of the government as well as of the Academy.
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We then measure the complexity of each description, and choose the one with adequate experimental backing and the simplest description.