Sentence examples for longstanding backdrop from inspiring English sources

According to Riaz, whose book Islamist Militants in Bangladesh was published in 2008, the involvement of the bloggers in demanding the trials and executions of Islamist politicians only partly explains the attacks, which have occurred with a longstanding backdrop of rising radicalism in the country.

The disaster occurred against the backdrop of longstanding tension between Moscow and Warsaw, and initially seemed grounds for a deeper rift.

Held against the backdrop of longstanding tensions over Kosovo, the former Serbian province declared independence in 2008 and is populated mainly by ethnic Albanians, the match was always going to be a flashpoint.

The backdrop to the conflict is the longstanding struggle for power in the predominantly Shiite south of Iraq between followers of Mr. Sadr and followers of the Shiite cleric Abdul Aziz al-Hakim.

With longstanding differences in political style and outlook as a backdrop, the spark of their confrontation, both men said, was a dispute over Mr. Perfetto's decision to drop his support for Judge Margarita Lopez Torres.

The actor Michael Caine, who grew up in a nearby part of south-east London and starred in the film Harry Brown – just the latest to be set against the estate's bleak backdrop – has lent his voice to a longstanding campaign to flatten it.

Backdrop: Nightmarish.

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