Sentence examples for violent backdrop from inspiring English sources

There was a violent backdrop to the defense secretary's speech as to the two separate explosions claimed at least nine lives in other parts of Helmand Province.

Given the violent backdrop to this city's history, the very thought of the BBC hosting a Sports Personality of the Year event in Northern Ireland was once inconceivable.

It was against this violent backdrop that the Colombian national team travelled to USA 94, bearing an enormous weight on their shoulders.

At least 59 civilians and soldiers were killed on Sunday in a violent backdrop to a referendum on a constitution that offers some reforms, but could enable Assad to keep power until 2028.

Mr Obama's new chief of staff is Jacob Lew, his budget director.Living in violent timesAgainst the backdrop of an increase in sectarian strife, strikes and disturbances spread across Nigeria as people protested against a cut in fuel subsidies that, since the new year, has doubled the cost of petrol.

The summit took place yesterday against a backdrop of violent protest, with French riot police deploying CS gas.

Against the backdrop of violent protests in Athens, the government hammered out a proposal on Thursday to offer to foreign lenders on Monday.

In December, against this backdrop of violent unrest, the Haitian prime minister Laurent Lamothe bowed to calls for him to step down.

However, by the time she does the title number, a protest anthem by Joan Baez, with a backdrop of violent scenes from the civil rights movement, the audience is hers.

This underlying fact, compounded by the backdrop of violent entertainment and easy access to weapons, creates the conditions for thousands of young men to consider their future prospects and decide they would rather destroy than create.

But others wanted him before a civilian court, and the Republican leaders in Indianapolis had decided to forgo a military commission trial against a backdrop of violent events in Indiana and Illinois.