Sentence examples for backdrop of the Second from inspiring English sources

A story of four people set in Malaysia against the backdrop of the second world war.

This play is a welcome interlude for Weeks in between filming Foyle's War – a detective series set against the backdrop of the Second World War – the last series of which finished last month.

The 1975 referendum took place against the backdrop of the UK's second consecutive year of recession.

Granada's adaptation is the second time that the epic romance, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, has been dramatised for the screen.

All this against a backdrop of the Second World War.

All three stories place ethnic Armenian characters against the backdrop of the American cultural landscape.

All this set against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution and its societal upheaval.

Indeed, the book is set in 2003, against the backdrop of the US invasion of Iraq..

The movie was set against the backdrop of the Canadian Rockies.

Just after Valentine's Day, come celebrate love with us against the romantic backdrop of the Sterling-Morton Gallery in the Art Museum.

Hidden histories ReprintsThese events form the backdrop of "The House on Paradise Street", Sofka Zinovieff's arresting first novel.