Sentence examples for background to what from inspiring English sources

"This is the background to what is going on now".

"This is the broader background to what happened in Dubai," says an Israeli familiar with Mossad.

As in all these situations, we need to look at the background to what is going on.

Hamza said that he had been taken out of context, that there was a historical background to what he was saying.

And so this tale is background to what will be Ramadan's first public appearance in America, at a panel discussion at 7 P.M. on Thursday night, at Cooper Union in New York.

"We have looked at the brief and the background to what they're doing, and we don't agree with it," said Simon Bolton, president and chief executive at FCB San Francisco.

While universities have routinely collected information about students for years – from their family backgrounds to what books they take out of the library – increased computer power and better digital skills now offer the possibility to piece it all together.

Cameron, who was given a rapturous reception when he addressed the first post-election meeting of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs, will address the cabinet after appointing a series of ministers from modest backgrounds to what was quickly called the Tories' first blue-collar cabinet.

This article is set out in this background to examine what major values underlying the design of new curricula in coping with the globalization challenges and what are the major curriculum changes.

"When the speech is being given, I'm working in the background to see what's going on," he said.

Today's players, he said, "come from a generation who come from the banlieues, and they don't necessarily have the cultural background to understand what they did".