Against the backdrop of low interest rates, many first-time home buyers have poured into the market, leading to changes in the size of the new housing products offered. Victor Chang More Victor Chang Quotes 2
Currently the international oil prices are at high levels. Against this backdrop, we would face big risks if we buy oil from the international market. Zhang Guobao More Zhang Guobao Quotes 0
I love the idea of a beautiful neighborhood that represents the very best of American values, but also as a fun backdrop to some darker, deliciously sneaky things going on in people's lives. Marc Cherry American Writer More Marc Cherry Quotes 0
Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older. Jamie Lee Curtis American Actress More Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes 0
A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so. Eyvind Johnson Swedish Author More Eyvind Johnson Quotes 0
To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama. Junichiro Koizumi Japanese Statesman More Junichiro Koizumi Quotes 0
I just prefer instrumental. I don't need to hear what other people are singing. And if I need music as a backdrop to work or to think, I need to have that part of the brain clear - I don't need people feeding their fantasies into my vision. Lydia Lunch American Musician More Lydia Lunch Quotes 0
The global backdrop in 1999 will continue to offer impediments, but we expect Supertanker America to stay its course of moderate economic and profit growth. A supertanker is not necessarily fast or colorful, but it is steady and reliable and hard to push off course. Abby Joseph Cohen American Financial analyst More Abby Joseph Cohen Quotes 0
War does not present a backdrop in which people follow their expectations of the future as if there wasn't a war. It's uncertainty that's unnerving investors. Bert Hochfeld More Bert Hochfeld Quotes 0
Industry sales have held up better than expected despite a backdrop of economic uncertainty, and we think this trend will characterize all of 2001. Bill Lovejoy More Bill Lovejoy Quotes 0
Shorter dated bonds are very likely to come under pressure. The economic backdrop to allow the ECB to raise rates is developing and people will be looking for them to act at the March meeting. Charles Diebel More Charles Diebel Quotes 0
The Japanese economy is improving. The outlook for the yen looks positive given Japan's economic backdrop. Chris Loong More Chris Loong Quotes 0
You always hear it's hard to shoot in here, and there's no backdrop. And everything I saw tonight kinda goes against what everybody else said. Cory Thomasson More Cory Thomasson Quotes 0
When we view it in a broader context, against the backdrop of the future development of the Pan-PRD and our country, we will find that the scope and potential for cooperation are far wider than we imagined, that the people of Hong Kong can make an even bigger contribution to our country and that we can generate even greater prosperity. Donald Tsang More Donald Tsang Quotes 0
Just when you think that a person is just a backdrop for the rest of the universe, watch them and see that they laugh, they cry, they tell jokes...they're just friends waiting to be made. Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein More Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein Quotes 0
There is still evidence that analyst forecasts of corporate earnings were still too high considering the economic backdrop. Gareth Evans More Gareth Evans Quotes 0
High commodity prices are boosting Brazil's terms of trade and leading to record trade surpluses. A favorable external backdrop and still high real interest rates should support the Brazilian real. Harvinder Kalirai More Harvinder Kalirai Quotes 0
[While the backdrop may have changed,] Frank really hasn't, ... He's not like some new reformed man or anything. He's in Miami and sort of taking a break, doing an easy job as a favor for a friend. But as soon as the old trouble knocks on his door, he's back to what he does best -- even though he's reluctant, as he always is, to get stuck in and be involved in all these messy situations. We still keep him with a good set of morals and good instincts, and as a likable guy. Jason Statham More Jason Statham Quotes 0
Any resumption of fighting against the backdrop of the appalling and deteriorating humanitarian situation and the continuing displacement of people would be extremely bad news. Jeremy Greenstock More Jeremy Greenstock Quotes 0
At the same time we had Greenspan reinforcing that the U.S. growth backdrop and rate outlook are positive for the dollar. Jeremy Stretch More Jeremy Stretch Quotes 0
That was a real and gritty movie. ['The Guru'] is fun. It uses the porn star aspect as a backdrop of my character. Jimi Mistry More Jimi Mistry Quotes 0
I gave them the kind of backdrop to make them feel 'I really have arrived,'. Morris Lapidus More Morris Lapidus Quotes 0
The idea is to bring out dynamics of inter-personal relations, rather than inter-caste struggles that form the backdrop of the original. Pritish Nandy More Pritish Nandy Quotes 0