backstop - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • provide: Airguns can be used in the garden providing a safe backstop is used to stop pellets leaving the premises.
  • have: You should make sure that you have a suitable backstop behind your target.

Adjective modifier

  • legal: This has occurred despite the fact that in many instances the ASA has no legal backstop.
  • safe: Airguns can be used in the garden providing a safe backstop is used to stop pellets leaving the premises.

Modifies a noun

  • power: Ofcom would retain backstop powers over the new system.
  • date: A backstop switchover date of December 31, 2012, is included in the DRLs.
  • regulator: In the event of serious or recurring breaches of the non-broadcast rules, the ASAâs backstop regulator will be the Gambling Commission.

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