Sentence examples for backdrop of criticism from inspiring English sources

But these assessments emerged against a backdrop of criticism of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hard-line government over exactly how long the military can keep so many Palestinians in their homes without jobs or predictable access to food.

The proposal to ask Congress to loosen the Miranda rule comes against the backdrop of criticism by Republicans who have argued that terrorism suspects — including United States citizens like Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the Times Square case — should be imprisoned and interrogated as military detainees, rather than handled as ordinary criminal defendants.

Against a backdrop of criticism over the use of tribunals, the Bush administration reached a compromise that would permit the trial of the terror suspect to be held in an open criminal court, but in a jurisdiction with a strong record of imposing the death penalty.

The Scottish Premier League has kicked off against a backdrop of criticism that the division is starting too early .

These moves come against a backdrop of criticism towards the UCI about its failure to push women's cycling over the years.

The raids took place against a backdrop of rising criticism over the government's purge, which earlier this week also saw the issuing of arrest warrants against editors and staff of Cumhuriyet, the main opposition newspaper in the country, and a fresh round of dismissals in the gendarmerie.

Despite a backdrop of fierce criticism from the public and former players back home - and with chief selector Moin Khan forced to return from the World Cup after visiting a casino - Pakistan posted their highest score of the tournament so far, though their innings got off to a wretched start.

The rulemaking process comes against a backdrop of growing criticism of how well the bank has enforced its current rules.

It also comes against the backdrop of persistent criticism of Qatar's controversial labour regime and allegations that migrant workers who constitute a majority of the Gulf state's population toil under unacceptable working and living conditions on major infrastructure projects, including ones related to the World Cup.

His critique of Mr. Obama's record in the Middle East came against the backdrop of especially intense criticism of the administration from the right.

Parreira's protest, following a tedious Round of 16 win against Ghana, came amid a backdrop of news media criticism, Brazil's magnificent World Cup success in Japan and South Korea four years earlier and an expected style of play invented by Nike marketers (Joga Bonito never quite manifested itself in Parreira's team).