Sentence examples for scene of growing from inspiring English sources

But for months, it has been the scene of growing political unrest that intensified in January after Mr. Nasheed ordered the military to arrest a criminal court judge.

The factory has also been the scene of growing racial tensions, as the mostly white work force has resisted the hiring of Asian employees.

A Gaza teenager, Jawaher Hajji, who said she had lost two close relatives in the past week, described a scene of growing desperation in the enclave.

Libya, the scene of growing violence this week, produces 1.7m of the world's 88m barrels a day (b/d).So far prices have not been pushed up by actual disruptions to supply.

Deepening poverty, lack of education and unemployment, exacerbated by falling state revenues from oil, have serious implications for terrorism and stability elsewhere in the Sahel region, in Sudan and South Sudan, and in energy-rich Libya, scene of growing anarchy since the western intervention in 2011.

Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, on the border with Israel, has been the scene of growing instability.

Fu's mistake — if you can call it that — was to include in her memoir scenes of growing up during the Cultural Revolution, China's decade-long descent into madness.

Bereft, my father and I have taken to going to Irish and Italian bars -- not to drink but to watch English and Italian games beamed onto crude satellite dishes that frequently conk out halfway through a telecast, resulting in scenes of grown men throwing scones and cannoli and occasionally each other at the screen.

The Sarobi District has been the scene of a growing number of insurgent attacks in recent months, most thought to be instigated by fighters loyal to the renegade mujahedeen leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is allied with the Taliban but not formally part of the movement.

While most universities have strong ethics committees and good track records in protecting data because of its use in research, he is concerned about other learning providers coming on the scene, and the effects of growing competition and tighter financial margins.

Those in the funeral procession confronted UKIP waving their flags and chanting, and this ultimately lead to UKIP supporters leaving the scene, in the face of growing hostility.