Sentence examples for to this backdrop from inspiring English sources

To this backdrop, then, came the return of Zidane, Makelele and Thuram.

It was to this backdrop that tensions flared between whites and non-whites in deprived areas like Notting Hill.

Conduct of Inspections to Date Against this backdrop, when Iraq agreed last September to reopen its doors to inspection, and following the subsequent adoption by the Security Council of Resolution 1441, which strengthened the I.A.E.A's authority and the inspection process, the first goal of our inspection activities was reconnaissance.

Laws pile up in a parliament with little time to read them.Against this backdrop, even some of those who campaigned hardest to end military dictatorship in Myanmar find themselves dreading an election that is supposed to mark the definitive step to a new pluralist era.

But the fact that deaths continue to rise against this backdrop of increases surveillance comes as no surprise to groups that monitor border fatalities.

In stark contrast to this improving backdrop are the legal battles still being waged over wrongful foreclosure practices.

Add to this the backdrop of a very real manned space program that would soon send people to the moon, and my astronautical fantasies seem in hindsight more inevitable than delusional.

Saying that Bloomberg needed to adjust its coverage to have "enough firepower in areas we want to own," Mr. Winkler wrote to employees: "It's against this backdrop that we had to make some difficult decisions today.

And he then achieved a top-10 finish with Vale this season, all to the backdrop of recuperating from a hip operation and persistent speculation about his future.

Santander's exit from this market has to be seen against this backdrop, and ultimately they may not be the only bank to take flight.

DeLillo uses this backdrop to explore the American subconscious in the second half of the 20th century.