Sentence examples for a difficult background from inspiring English sources

Imagine you are a troubled teenager from a difficult background with no access to anyone who really cares about you.

While Pride blamed missing the ball on a difficult background behind the plate, he blamed himself for missing the cutoff man.

He insisted that his was not a clichéd case of a young athlete from a difficult background earning too much money, too soon.

The charity said there was evidence to suggest that information was sometimes withheld by local authorities in an attempt to ensure that a child with a difficult background found a home.

The general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, John Monks, said of the prime minister's talk, "Against a difficult background, I think he has earned a lot of respect from delegates".

Martin came from a difficult background -- he has spoken repeatedly of the friends he lost to violence and of his own wild days as a youth -- making his football exploits and his modesty all the more noteworthy.

Susan has had a very difficult background – her mother's an alcoholic, her father was a heroin addict – but she's a smart girl.

"Financially speaking I'm from a very difficult background," says Sung-jong, who met Park's mother Myung-ja while working in a Korea Metals factory.

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"Against this difficult background and with a possible further deterioration in the international environment, Slovenia faces risks of a prolonged downturn and constrained access to financial markets," the report said.

Again, only those from particular state schools or with a difficult family background are eligible.