Example sentences of "place [prep] a background " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ford 's employees are also wont to point out that their mortgage payments have rocketed over the past year and negotiations will take place against a background in which interest rates seem to be moving in one direction only . |
| 2 | The most startling thing about this is the fact that the crisis in publishing is taking place against a background of an almost limitless book market . |
| 3 | One and the same practice may be performed by a nurturant or a hostile mother , may occur within an easygoing or a rigidly authoritarian home , or may take place against a background of love or of hate . |
| 4 | Let us go back to the point about criticism taking place against a background of criteria . |
| 5 | The debate in Committee has taken place against a background of what the Chinese , who are celebrating their new year this week , would call ’ interesting times ’ . |
| 6 | The talks took place against a background of continued military clashes . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Talks between the government and the ANC had been taking place against a background of mounting violence , particularly in Natal and the townships of the Transvaal , between supporters of the ANC and of Inkatha [ for eventual Mandela-Buthelezi meeting in January 1991 see p. 37951 ] . |
| 9 | The meeting took place against a background of disputes over ( i ) the extent to which whale populations had recovered to levels which permitted sustainable hunting ; ( ii ) the system by which hunting quotas might be determined ; and ( iii ) whether whale killing was inherently unethical . |
| 10 | These developments took place against a background of growing activism on the abortion issue in the country at large . |
| 11 | The two provincial elections took place against a background of public opinion polls showing PCP federal Prime Minister Brian Mulroney 's standing with the electorate dropping to the lowest for any prime minister in the history of Canadian opinion polling . |
| 12 | Changes in the EC position took place against a background of moves to reform the Community 's Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP ) . |
| 13 | The February meeting took place against a background of mounting disagreement between the OPEC members over the need to restrain production , so as to boost world petroleum prices . |
| 14 | The referendum campaign took place against a background of mounting violence . |
| 15 | The Debate took place against a background of violence and strikes . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If the rise in real output takes place against a background of a tight money or explicit ‘ monetarist ’ policy , there will be downward pressure on the inflation rate and an already attractive package is further enhanced . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The meeting took place against a background of increased factional fighting between supporters of the A N C and the conservative Zulu Inkahta movement . |