Sentence examples for given the difficult situation from inspiring English sources

"Given the difficult situation, this is about showing complete transparency, clearing up the entire case," the German chancellor said in Finland.

"Before today, people would have been O.K. with the job he's done given the difficult situation he inherited," Mr. Schorr said.

The two sides have resumed peace talks after a lull, and President Demetris Christofias seized on Benedict's visit — the first by a pope — to say, "Cyprus is in need of your words of peace, given the difficult situation it faces in its occupied territory".

The UNICEF appeal includes urgent requirements for logistics, security equipment and regional support, given the difficult situation in the sub-region.

But a Tory party spokesman said that "given the difficult situation inherited by the coalition in Westminster and the tough decisions that must be taken, we recognise that this may not be an easy night in parts of the country".

But a party spokesman said that "given the difficult situation inherited by the coalition in Westminster and the tough decisions that must be taken, we recognise that this may not be an easy night in parts of the country".

Ibrahim Saif, an economist and resident scholar with the Carnegie Middle East Center, said, "For Jordan, the business interest definitely took the primacy given the difficult economic situation" there.

Given the difficult security situation in many parts of the country, reliable representative community-based data about use and experience of health services in Afghanistan are hard to collect.

However, given the difficult financial situation in the country, the government is unlikely to be able to fund a programme of this magnitude on its own, and therefore some form of continued external support will be needed.

To buffer criticism of the caretaker prime minister, Mr. Sharon body-blocked for Mr. Barak by pronouncing his "difficult decision" a noble one -- "a display of national responsibility, given the difficult security and defense situation that obligates everyone to rise above existing disputes and work together for the sake of the nation".

However, given the very difficult situation in Libya and Egypt we have temporarily restricted access in both countries.