Sentence examples for backdrop of challenges from inspiring English sources

He wrote his first book for Faber, the teasingly titled On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored, almost 20 years ago, against a backdrop of challenges to Freudianism from two directions.

"Against the backdrop of challenging global conditions for the steel sector, it is crucial that the government is prepared to act or we risk losing yet more high-skilled jobs and potentially an entire industry which is vital to our future prosperity.

"This continued increase in manufacturing jobs has occurred against a backdrop of challenging market conditions.

I am acutely aware that I am making these wishes against a backdrop of unprecedented challenges, increasingly tough decisions and anxieties about what the future will hold.

SD Shibulal (Shibu), chief executive of the Indian-based multinational Infosys, said: "In the backdrop of a challenging macro-economic environment, business leaders are grappling with the need to drive growth and profitability.

As you have rightly highlighted, this is happening against the backdrop of many other challenges facing Europe.

But the men and women gathered in New York will be acutely aware that this defining moment is taking place against the backdrop of multiple global challenges – from the worst refugee crisis since the second world war to the threat of dramatic climate change.

"The changes to the library service are against a backdrop of severe financial challenges imposed on the city, because our funding from central government has been cut by 58% which is affecting every service in the city," he said in a statement.

A report to be considered says there is a "backdrop of significant financial challenges".

Finance Secretary John Swinney said: "Today's statistics show further strengthening in Scotland's economy with the recovery accelerating, even against a backdrop of continuing economic challenges.

This damage occurred against a backdrop of decades-long challenges ranging from the loss and degradation of wetlands and barrier islands along the coast to formation of oxygen-depleted "dead zones" in the northern Gulf to overfishing and lost fisheries productivity.