Sentence examples for disappointing backdrop from inspiring English sources

Against this disappointing backdrop, attention is turned to the initiatives that focus more directly on the Indian child.

Vicky Redwood, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the figures provided a "disappointing backdrop" for the Budget.

Against a backdrop of disappointing industrial production figures and the first drop in car sales for almost three decades, the state council was following an almost Trumpian route to boosting growth.

The disappointing numbers come against a backdrop of a challenging market.

A small group outperformed against the backdrop of a disappointing year in equity and bond markets, with the S.&.P 500 down slightly heading into the final days of 2015.

For their three-year, $30 million investment, the Cubs got a clubhouse pariah who was suspended in mid-September for insubordination, temper tantrums, criticism of the fans — serial bad behavior that formed a disruptive backdrop to a disappointing season.

There is an element of collective breath-holding, as everyone waits to see what will emerge from a meeting of euro-zone heads of state on December 9th quite possibly a make-or-break gathering.Against the backdrop of these disappointing outcomes and the deteriorating financial situation in Europe, central banks have once more ridden to the rescue.

Against that backdrop, it must be disappointing to see like-for-like sales fall 1%, notwithstanding the plea that a headwind was created by the sensible decision to chop big-ticket, low-margin, ranges such as electrical goods.

And as a backdrop to the meeting, new and disappointing data releases are demonstrating the depth of the current crisis.

Is a headteacher's job the best in the world or, these days, is it an endless stream of policy changes against a backdrop of constant fear that one disappointing Ofsted inspection could see the end of your career?

Negative earnings reports from technology companies and disappointing economic news from Europe and Japan provided a a pessimistic backdrop for stocks last week.