It was formed in 1975 with official backing of the Marcos government.

Campbell brought official backing and academic responsibility to Pritchard's work.

He said the organization attracted popular support, but had been unable to gain official backing.

Moxie had plenty of official backing in the right places.

The program received official backing as a result of its success and was initiated in other areas as well.

Despite these statements, true official backing for privatization remains very slow due to political reasons.

The movement was begun by a scholar in Beijing last year, without official backing, and it seems to have taken on a life of its own.

The original publication states very carefully the extent of its official backing.

Subsequently a prototype was ordered for evaluation, but the other design did not gain official backing.

Bilingual education for Indigenous students, however, has only received intermittent official backing.