1.   City officials bent over backwards to help downtown businesses.

2.   But I am concerned that federal antitrust officials are bending over backward in response to lobbying pressure from doctors.

3.   But the fact the players landed in the Bahamas made it easier for administration officials to bend the rules.

4.   California officials bent over backwards to get Boeing to bring the work south, offering tax credits for each job saved.

5.   In some high-profile cases, immigration officials have bent the rules.

6.   Municipal officials have been bending over backward to promote Frankfurt as a real competitor to London.

7.   The Pantex workers have used the wrong tools and procedures, Alvarez wrote, even as officials have bent rules and censored safety reports.

8.   A Republican report last month charged that administration officials bent the truth in their accounts of the firings.

9.   City officials bent over backwards for the gala opening, closing off the street outside the new restaurant for an outdoor concert attended by thousands of people.

10.   He was so good at animating crowds that stadium officials bent security regulations to let him onto the field.