Sentence examples for Overall backdrop from inspiring English sources
David Thomas, Barratt's chief executive, said: "When you look at the overall backdrop for the market it is largely positive.
In Germany, state spending on research and education has increased by 20% since 2010, against an overall backdrop of declining public spending.
In a collection of articles published this week by Business for New Europe, Europe-based business leaders are focused on the potential for transatlantic economic cooperation and are essentially optimistic about the future even against a difficult overall economic backdrop.
Europes overall macroeconomic backdrop is better than in the U.S., says Frank Crown, an international portfolio manager at Invesco Ltd. in Atlanta.
Against the backdrop of overall similar beta cell transcriptomes, we describe marked differences in the repertoire of receptors and long non-coding RNAs between mouse and human beta cells.
Against a backdrop of overall decrease, our informants estimated that there has been over the last decades a clear upward trend in the number of international health volunteers working with humanitarian agencies, while the number working with the category of development organizations has strongly decreased.
"James warned, however, that the second half of the year was likely to prove more challenging overall amid a weak consumer backdrop".
It is worth stating at the outset that while Kosovo may not have taken centre-stage in the run up to the vote, it has nevertheless formed the backdrop to the overall campaign.
"The dislocations," it said, "seemed to have induced a downturn in overall economic activity against the backdrop of heightened anxiety and uncertainty about economic prospects and a sharp drop, at least initially in stock prices".
Hate crime rates in the country's largest cities have increased for the past four years; all against the backdrop of an overall crime rate that has been declining since the early 1990s.
Against that backdrop Sturridge's overall goal return is outstanding – 60 in 118 appearances for Liverpool in all competitions, 46 in 88 in the Premier League – and supports those who argue he is worth retaining as a back-up option.
