Sentence examples for foreign protagonists from inspiring English sources

If Syria is in part a proxy war, these countries are the main foreign protagonists.

By 1914, leading government circles in Vienna were convinced that offensive action against the foreign protagonists of irredentist claims was essential to the integrity of the empire.

The film comprises a triptych of stories involving foreign protagonists unfolding over the course of the same night.

Iraq's foreign minister asked the protagonists to soften their language and resume negotiations, adding that he did not want his country to become the battleground in a proxy war.

Her psychologically complex protagonist, a British foreign correspondent named Connie Burns, is no plucky heroine.

The market reality for making women-centric stories, in foreign language, is a very difficult one because female protagonists are not valued equally as male protagonists.

Stephen Daldry's Trash, from a Richard Curtis screenplay, is harder to position, with its child protagonists, 15 certificate and significant foreign-language dialogue.

Draped in lush textures that could have been taken from an Eric Carle storybook, Swallow does The Very Hungry Caterpillar thing, if, instead of an insect trying to get by, the protagonist its an entitled boy in a foreign land.

Protagonists in Greece's internal quarrels have long invoked external assistance, while furiously denouncing any foreign help given to their rivals.

Mr. Weinraub, a former reporter for The New York Times who covered foreign affairs, Hollywood and other beats, has clearly spent a great deal of time researching his protagonist.

In a study of the top 100 grossing films of 2014 (excluding foreign films), researchers found that in movies with exclusively male directors and writers, women accounted for just four percent of protagonists, while men made up 87percentt of protagonists and male/female ensembles accounted for the remaining nine percent.