Sentence examples for backdrop of the ongoing from inspiring English sources
Against the backdrop of the ongoing emergency, the NPP won only one seat in the legislative elections of 1996.
A similar phenomenon was taking place all over Europe, of course, but it probably had more resonance against the backdrop of the ongoing struggle between Republicanism and Catholicism.
Wednesday's development occurs against the backdrop of the U.S. Department of Justice's ongoing probe into price-fixing allegations in the memory chip industry.
Sudan's intelligence services confiscated the print-runs of 10 daily newspapers on 25 May against what the International Press Institute (IPI) calls "the backdrop of an ongoing brutal security campaign against the freedoms of speech and the press".
These two stories of civil disobedience come against the backdrop of an ongoing national conversation about our public school system and how it must be improved.
Cliff's book, "Holy War," claims that da Gama's arrival in the East marked a turning point from Muslim to Christian ascendancy in global trade against the backdrop of an ongoing "clash of civilizations".
But set against the backdrop of an ongoing War on Drugs that essentially criminalizes African American and Hispanic youth in many American cities, the federal government's stubborn refusal to criminally prosecute the white guys who sent the economy into a tailspin is a testament to just how heinous our legal system has become.
That call is set against the backdrop of ongoing leaked revelations from the cache of documents taken by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, which has shone a light on government surveillance activities — including goings on inside the UK's GCHQ agency.
The backdrop is the ongoing fight over what to do about the deep and pervasive corruption of the big banks in terms of mortgage securitization.
