However, this was happening against a background of very high oil prices and cheap foreign credit.
These problems came against a background of years of contentious negotiations between Motorola and Teledesic.
Against a background like this, a little waywardness in the world of macroeconomics seems entirely forgivable.
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Europe could the push through budgetary and structural reform against a background of global expansion.
Mr Howard's speech came against a background of feverish debate about the performances of the various the leadership contenders.
Against a background of a faltering economy and stockmarket, there have been odd stirrings among a shunned group of shares.
Bright yellow, for instance, is easily noticed against a background of other colours, so the yellow part of the sphere bulges.
Mr Prescott said that any decision would be taken "against a background of a government that has shown stability in the economy".
In the first-floor gallery, free-standing marble statues of men, women and horses glow against a background of grey concrete walls and columns.
It took place against a background of anxiety about Alderney's autonomy and the restrictions of an agreement made between the islands in 1948.
The imminent bonus round is being seen in Britain as possibly inflammatory, given that it comes against a background of unprecedented public-sector cuts.
The record, 50 Words For Snow, will feature seven new tracks "set against a background of falling snow", a statement on her website said.
The changes are against a background of pressure on public sector pay - with teachers to receive a 1% increase in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
This has come against a background of louder calls from pension funds for long-duration bonds, which have cashflows that can offset future payments to pensioners.
All that against a background of 4.1m unemployed, a rate of 10.7%, and flagging economic growth, likely to be no more than 1.5% this year.
And all this against a background of continuing questions over the prime minister's retirement plans and the timing of the expected handover to Gordon Brown.
The dispute comes against a background of tension between the royal colleges and PMETB, which was set up in 2005 by the government, to which it reports.
Regardless of anything else he has done, this was a remarkable feat, all the more striking for being achieved against a background of apparently unassailable Republican dominance.
It said that against a background of fragile recovery in manufacturing, business needs a breathing space to allow tentative signs of improving conditions to take a firmer hold.
Against a background that suggests the action as a swarming cluster of winged insects high above a castle's courtyard, Mr. Taylor's dancemaking reveals him at his most punchy pace.
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Mr Mydat said his claims about some schools not wanting ethnic minority supply teachers are against a background in which most schools have become much more professional about hiring supply teachers.
The influential Pisa test rankings, published by the OECD, put Massachusetts as the highest performing US state - but against a background in which the US has become an educational underachiever.
The UK and US covers differ, however both feature an image of the Italian poet Dante - whom Brown said inspired his latest work - and are set against a background of the city of Florence.
Against a background rate of an average inflation rate of two percent for the euro area as a whole, a fast pace of improvement in cost competitiveness for debt-stressed countries would require significant wage cuts.
But as in Brazil, Uruguay faces a daunting battle to steady its currency and service its public debt against a background of recession (now in its fourth year) and popular demands to stimulate the economy.
It is set against a background of concern that Wales is running out of landfill space, with the National Audit Office (NAO) Wales last year recommending that 500 new waste management facilities were needed by 2010.
In the first phase of the study, the researchers showed that their volunteers (Surrey university students) were slower to notice a target shade of blue when it flashed up against a blue background of a different hue than when it flashed up against a green background.
The rings must never be shown in Olympic yellow on a white background, because yellow does not contrast enough against a white background.
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