Sentence examples for background of violence from inspiring English sources

Against such a background of violence, the appetite for street demonstrations, let alone revolutions, is limited in Algeria.

Klein and Reif wrote back in 1986: The game was developed against a background of violence, and so it is little wonder that the game itself is violent.

Muyu, the son of a chief, and Lyana, the survivor of a massacre, endure nights of terror against a background of violence in this story for teenagers.

Nedjma recounts a tale of intraclan conflict against the background of violence and disunity characteristic of Algerian society under French colonial rule.

The story of the scowling, scheming, domineering, silently sinister Vice-President and the spoiled, petted prince who becomes his plaything is irresistible — set in a pristine White House, played against an ominous, unseen background of violence and catastrophe, like distant thunder, and packed with drama, palace intrigue, and black comedy.

Hip-hop music, like all American modern pop music, is the offspring of a background of violence, materialism, and extreme sexism.

Children who end up in custody have almost always come from backgrounds of violence, abuse and neglect.

In addition to providing background information on the scope of violence against girls, this report attempts to take the Secretary-General's studies one step further in their promotion of the right of the girl child by presenting specific policy and programmatic recommendations related to ending violence against girls.

That is, representatives of an active constituency of weekly worshippers of 8% of the British population, all of them votaries of ancient superstitions, all of them with grubby hands rummaging in the pot of public funds, and some of them doing it with the useful background threat of violence and civil unrest unless the rummaging pays off.

These cities are also characterized by high background levels of violence and human rights abuses perpetrated by law enforcement [23].

Background Rates of violence in persons identified as high risk by structured risk assessment instruments (SRAIs) are uncertain and frequently unreported by validation studies.