Example sentences of "place [prep] a background of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upsurge in quarrying takes place against a background of increased poaching and harvesting of forest produce , while hundreds of people who had been moved out of the park in the past are now starting to return . |
| 2 | The meeting took place against a background of increased factional fighting between supporters of the A N C and the conservative Zulu Inkahta movement . |
| 3 | The result was a considerable achievement since it took place against a background of strong competition in mature markets and overcapacity in the European agricultural sector . |
| 4 | The talks took place against a background of continued military clashes . |
| 5 | There were few dramatic new developments during October in the Gulf crisis as such , the continuing build-up of the United States-dominated military response taking place against a background of diplomatic activity , of which the most notable feature was an apparently unsuccessful Soviet attempt to find some basis for a peace initiative . |
| 6 | These developments took place against a background of continuing clashes between government forces and UNITA , with a number of reports suggesting that the government had launched a major offensive . |
| 7 | The Versailles conference of 1918 – 19 took place against a background of intense public feeling and excited mass emotion in France , Britain and , to a lesser extent , the United States . |
| 8 | These developments took place against a background of growing activism on the abortion issue in the country at large . |
| 9 | The meeting , held in the Chilean town of Vina del Mar , took place against a background of growing calls for the planet 's " last great wilderness " to be protected for perpetuity as a haven for its wildlife and for responsible scientific research and tourism . |
| 10 | The IWC meeting took place against a background of growing acrimony , with the pro-whaling nations arguing that those opposed to commercial hunting on ethical grounds were : i ) interfering unacceptably with the economic livelihoods of whaling communities ; and ii ) misinterpreting the charter of the IWC , which was set up to regulate catches , not to debate the morality of whaling as such . |