Sentence examples for turbulent backdrop from inspiring English sources

Against this turbulent backdrop, reaction to the new ruling yesterday was sharp and predictable.

He said the company was at a turning point despite the turbulent backdrop.

Edward Gardner conducts this tale of public feuding and private grieving, set against a turbulent backdrop of civil war.

The 17th-century story unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of the English Civil War, the plague and the Great Fire of London.

If a clean sweep of honours can be achieved, it will rank among the more notable achievements in the Ibrox club's history given the turbulent backdrop.

It is against this turbulent backdrop that the 2016 Olympics will take place, two years after Brazil hosted a World Cup marred by protests in numerous cities against stadium costs, corruption and the eviction of people from their favela homes.

We must remind ourselves that the UK was still experiencing dips in GDP as late as 2012, so this consistent profit growth was set against a turbulent economic backdrop.

In his speech to the annual central bankers' talkfest last weekend in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Mark Carney, the Bank of England's governor, stressed the powers central banks still have it in their hands to shape their nations' economic destiny, despite global economic interdependence and the turbulent market backdrop.

Aside from the yuan weakening against the pound, there have been other effects on sterling as investors reassess the outlook for UK interest rates against the backdrop of turbulent global stock markets.

Rather, it is a psychological exploration of "love, blood, fate, death, sex, the void, mother, father, cunt and prick" set against a beautifully rendered backdrop of turbulent skies, seas, hills and west-of-Ireland weather.

The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas, read by Bill Homewood (52hrs unabridged, Naxos, £120) If you are already dismayed by the length and price of this famous story of revenge set in France against a backdrop of turbulent Bonapartist politics, you could cop out and buy the two-CD abridgement for £10.99.