Example sentences of "background to this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little is shown of the background to this conflict , and even less is shown of the people who have struggled against the Saddam Hussein government whilst Western aid continued fuelling his campaigns against Iran , the Kurdish people and his own people . |
| 2 | THE QUEEN chose Salisbury Crags and Arthur 's Seat for the background to this portrait of her unveiled last night at the Caledonian Club in London . |
| 3 | The background to this affair involved rivalries between the gangs of Chapel Street and Margaret Street . |
| 4 | Passing sentence , Lord Justice MacDermott said : ‘ The background to this case is one of excessive drinking and violence . ’ |
| 5 | Re-reading the paper which formed the background to this presentation , I am struck most of all by the difficulties there are in moving from a statement in critique — containing arguments about the weaknesses in our current models of design understanding , such as our failure to be able to define satisfactorily either design phenomena or design activity or to assert powerfully enough , and at the right levels , design 's wider social significance — to positive statements ; to being able to say this is the phenomena with which design is concerned , this is the nature of design activity , this , therefore , is the significance of design — epistemologically , socially , and practically . |
| 6 | The background to this inquiry was that with the introduction of " gateway " facilities on Prestel — the ability to use another database by means of Prestel — the library could gain access to ECCTIS , a high education database . |
| 7 | The background to this inquiry was that all students doing so studies as a supplementary study have to produce a project whit assessed by Birmingham Polytechnic . |
| 8 | Nine Holes bridge on the Woodhead road can be seen in the background to this picture of a trio of 76's , 76054/37/07 as they make for Rotherwood . |
| 9 | The background to this injunction , as is apparent from its terms , was that the defendants had been ordered by a subpoena duces tecum issued in New York on 24 July 1990 to produce the documents referred to in the injunction . |
| 10 | Kissinger and call-ups ; D-notices and detentions ; bombings and land-mine explosions ; optimistic economic forecasts , and young families leaving — that is the background to this letter . |
| 11 | The background to this bid may be seen in BAT 's attempt to diversify out of tobacco , which was a ‘ mature ’ industry with relatively limited growth prospects . |
| 12 | In order to do this , the background to this period is also briefly considered . |
| 13 | My Lords , the factual and legal background to this appeal are summarised with scrupulous care and accuracy in the judgment of Ralph Gibson L.J . |
| 14 | My Lords , my noble and learned friend , Lord Keith of Kinkel , has set out in detail the background to this appeal . |
| 15 | Background to this conundrum lies in Jim 's invitation on behalf of Scottish Nuclear 's Dry Store team to their opposite numbers in GEC/Alsthom for an 8-a-side golf match at North Berwick . |
| 16 | The background to this debate , and clearly the cause of this debate , involves the great change — or different kinds of change — taking place across the continent of Europe and within the European Community . |
| 17 | That is the background to this debate . |
| 18 | If we enquire into the evolutionary background to this situation , it is immediately clear that the evolution of behaviour in both humans and primates rests on a common mammalian basis which can doubtless be traced to the greater adaptiveness , activity and independence of environmental conditions which the acquisition of warm-bloodedness provided . |