Sentence examples for background of the protest from inspiring English sources
Mitchell, 64, has revealed the extent of the ill-feeling between her and Baez, the one-time muse and lover of Bob Dylan, as they competed for primacy as the leading female balladeer of their generation against a background of the protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
What's the background to the protests?
Chilcot identified two separate, key occasions in the buildup to the conflict, against the background of mass protests on the streets of London by the Stop the War Coalition, when Blair appeared to have overplayed the threat from Iraq and underplayed the risks of invasion.
"ECRF fears that the arrest of Ahmad Abdullah is related to the ongoing case where 46 other activists are being summoned on the background of the wave of protests hitting Cairo," the group said, referring to protests against the transfer of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.
THUMP has reported on the background of the laws, and on the protests themselves.
Against the background of mass protests, Tony Blair directly addressed those who marched in a speech warning of "bloody consequences" if Iraq was not confronted.
There is 'Alexis: A Greek Tragedy,' a modern-day 'Antigone' taking place against the background of political protests in Greece.
While the national media has focused its attention on the occupation, which began on Saturday after a protest in Burns, the background of the case that spawned the standoff has often reduced to a few brief sentences: The Hammonds were found guilty of starting fires, but claim they were controlled burns meant to rid their property of weeds and invasive species.
Background: the protests of 1989 at Tian'anmen Square, which resulted in the massacre of Chinese protesters, occurred on the night of June 3 and the early morning of June 4.
The sentences would have been "considerably longer" if they have not been committed against a background of protest, he continued.
