Sentence examples for Background presence from inspiring English sources

His stock in trade is the trusty foot-soldier, the mercurial background presence.

Jesus was the shadowy background presence who gave the book its only real fascination.

But the falls are also a background presence throughout the novel, for the reader as well as for the characters.

But while folkloric beliefs and superstitions were a background presence in Kent's debut, here they take centre stage.

Governments come and go but its boss since 1990, Mugur Isarescu, is a powerful background presence.

This time there is no Wayne Bennett, Queensland's version of Clint Eastwood, who provided such a reassuring background presence for the coach Stephen Kearney five years ago.

Tumor gene-expression data has the following features: high dimensionality, small or relatively small sample size, large differences in sample backgrounds, presence of nonrandom noise (e.g., batch effects), high redundancy, and nonlinearity.

Background: The presence of tumor-specific mutations in the cancer genome represents a potential opportunity for pharmacologic intervention to therapeutic benefit.

Background: The presence of valvular heart disease (VHD) may affect the risk of stroke and mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

Background: The presence of anti-parvovirus B19 (B19V) IgM against viral capsid proteins (VP1 and VP2) has long been used to detect recent infection.

Background: The presence of certain behavioral and psychological symptoms (eg, paranoia, hallucinations, aggression, activity disturbances) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) may predict faster cognitive and functional decline; therefore, such symptoms represent an important treatment target.