1.   The bank is eager to back business ideas by local people.

2.   The Police say they back the idea.

3.   Nonetheless, he said he backed the idea.

4.   But the idea was eventually sunk when Scarborough Council did not back the idea, which was designed to give the shipyard a new lease of life.

5.   Although the education ministry has backed this idea with a lot of money, there is little to show for it.

6.   Although Democrats have consistently backed the idea of reform, some have worried aloud that they could be disadvantaged by passing a ban on soft money.

7.   A big man with a big voice to back his ideas, he came up with a solution to the problem.

8.   A number of Western senators back the idea of allowing the timber industry to remove more trees.

9.   A recent poll found that three out of four Americans backed the idea of a Palestinian state.

10.   Administration officials said on Monday that it was by no means certain that Bush would back the idea.