Sentences with phrase «future against a backdrop»

He argued that it would lead to a long period of uncertainty in which «Europe would be increasingly inward - looking, consumed with divisive debates about its future against the backdrop of an anti-immigration and anti-free trade backlash.»

A major catalyst, especially in emerging markets, was the conviction that the Fed was not going to hike base rates in the immediate future against a backdrop of low inflation, weakening job gains and global economic uncertainties.

Several scripts were set in the future against a backdrop of extreme climate change.

Not exact matches

«Against a backdrop of overwhelming corporate pressure to free - up capital and reduce future spend - to the detriment of production growth - there is considerable scope for this wall of output to get pushed back further if prices do not recover and / or costs do not fall enough,» the Wood Mackenzie report concluded.

Against that backdrop, inflation has been percolating, with commodities, particularly West Texas Intermediate crude - oil future CLM8, +0.84 % gaining sharply in recent weeks.

The 59th annual National Day of Prayer was held Thursday against a backdrop of controversy and growing doubts about the future of the event, which a federal judge recently declared unconstitutional.

Against this backdrop, it is not surprising to find Russell, now perhaps in a Laplacian humor, noting: «it is mere accident that we have no memory of [the] future» (KEW 234)!

Surveying sharp discrepancies in national employment levels, debt crises, anti-establishment political parties, and creeping disengagement against the backdrop of constant cacophony, Professor Zielonka explores the divergent effects of integration, the changing role of state actors and the prospects of the European Union in the not - so - distant future.

The battle for increased reimbursement will play out over the next 90 days as the budget is negotiated, and against the backdrop of a state - imposed Medicaid cap, uncertainty over the future of federal Medicaid funding and cries from long - term care facilities and home health care providers, which are also pleading for higher reimbursements.

Against a backdrop of confusion, doubt and controversy surrounding the future of healthcare in America, HealthAlliance of Ulster County is hoping to break ground in June on almost $ 90 million worth of new construction at its Mary's Avenue and Broadway campuses.

With education policy set to play an important part in the May general election campaign, debates around the future direction of the school system will take place against the backdrop of fast - paced reforms made during the coalition's time in office.

Whether you are a utility, producer, trader, or investor, the Uranium Suppliers Annual provides the basis for understanding potential future developments surrounding the availability of supply, particularly since uranium production has continued to be sub-par against a backdrop of growing demand.

Set against a backdrop of London torn apart by violence, the film follows one of the champions of Earth's survival: Theo (Academy Award nominee Clive Owen), a disillusioned ex-activist turned bureaucrat, who faces his own demons and must protect the planet's last remaining hope for a future generation.

A depiction of time and relationship and choices, Villaneuve and script writer Eric Heisserer have chosen to play those themes against an epic backdrop of future contact.

Post-apocalpse settings are all the rage in movies these days (see: certain portions of X-Men: Days of Future Past, the entirety of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and so forth)- and one such upcoming film, which unfolds against the backdrop of a not so bright tomorrow, is Korean filmmaker Joon - ho Bong's Snowpiercer.

Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi (Sarah Bolger) and Shun (Anton Yelchin)-- but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.

This weekend might be all about Black Panther, Marvel's much - anticipated, 18th entry in its ten - years - and - counting cinematic universe, but that's no reason to ignore the other visually expansive, comedic delight arriving in in multiplexes: Oscar - winner Nick Park's (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit) latest foray into stop - motion wizardry (his first as sole director), Early Man, an unexpected, if no less welcome, ode to the joys, excitement, and wonders of the «beautiful game» («soccer» to less enlightened Americans, European football everywhere else) set against the backdrop of a future - hanging - in - the - balance, winner - take - all Stone Age vs. Bronze Age football match that's almost as thrilling and exhilarating as watching Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona or Manchester United vs. Manchester City play in front of paying fans (i.e., in the real world with real - world stakes).

Against a backdrop of vivid lavender stucco and puffy white Florida clouds, three children scream a call and response that culminates with a rousing cry: «The freshness of the future!»

It's a treatment so intimate that it begins with the future queen's father, King George VI (Jared Harris, Mad Men), coughing up blood on the day before her wedding - foreshadowing the death that will make his daughter queen - and sweeping enough to place the private lives of the royal family against the backdrop of a postwar Britain where Winston Churchill (John Lithgow) is in his final years as prime minister.

Two employees of a research facility responsible for perfecting the technology, Zoe (Seydoux) and Cole (McGregor), ultimately forge a relationship of their own against the backdrop of their groundbreaking work, though an accident ultimately drives a wedge between them and threatens the future of their unexpected coupling.

Birdmen sets the engrossing story of the Wrights» war with Curtiss against the thrilling backdrop of the early years of manned flight, and is rich with period detail and larger - than - life personalities: Thomas Scott Baldwin, or «Cap» t Tom» as he styled himself, who invented the parachute and almost convinced the world that balloons were the future of aviation; John Moisant, the dapper daredevil who took to the skies after three failed attempts to overthrow the government of El Salvador, then quickly emerged as a celebrity flyer; and Harriet Quimby, the statuesque silent - film beauty who became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

Set against the backdrop of Depression - era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls - a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past - both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness.

Noir — A dark, grimy city map inspired by futuristic Brooklyn at night, Noir is a classic three - lane map set against a backdrop of a dystopian future, filled with cafes and parks surrounding a brutal downtown warzone.

Against the backdrop of a new Space Race and debates around the future use of inter-planetary energy resources, this group exhibition explored the enduring iconography of the moon in the artistic imagination.

We Are Not Things borrows strategies from this early - twentieth - century fervor around machines and mechanization against the backdrop of a pervasive contemporary cultural narrative: the feminization of the future.

Taking place against the backdrop of Emily's exhibition at IMMA, this student workshop provides a rich model for future student collaboration and exchange which we hope to build on in the development of IMMA as a site for research and learning.

It is against this daunting backdrop, rather than the comparatively minor if sincere differences that divide some nations from others within this body, that the IWC must plan, claim, and secure its future.

Against this backdrop, the ability to understand clients and forecast future client requirements is of the upmost importance.

This week, however, a Canadian exchange - traded fund (ETF) has launched in the cryptocurrency space against the backdrop of substantially weakened sentiment, very much going against the grain of delaying in anticipation of future positivity.