Legal firm Burges Salmon's partner Elizabeth Dunn described ports as «the economic backbone of this country» and said ports need to do more to promote the case for investment in transport infrastructure such as lorry parks. (politics.co.uk)
«We've got to go on reducing that and go on funding the things we do care most about including our vital public services like the NHS and investment in the infrastructure, the capital backbone of the country, that are going to create the jobs of the future.» (politics.co.uk)
Nanjing has been the cultural backbone of the country for a long time. (china-hotels.ws)