Sentence examples for For backdrop from inspiring English sources

For backdrop, economists and social scientists in general have a huge debt to Piketty.

To the US historian Matthew Battles it is a metaphor for the land of opportunity, a place where, "lost in the stacks", new Americans could "dream of personal success, unaided by unnamed others, a stage with a mirror for backdrop that reflects only the reader".

The plane landed with a bump and a screech at LaGuardia, the taxi was driven by a dark-skinned man in a turban, on the train we heard Spanish, Korean, Arabic and English, and the ferryboat cruised close by the Statue of Liberty, as we tourists took pictures of each other, the Manhattan skyline for backdrop, and the Staten Islanders sat glumly, enduring the boredom.

The first three quarters are great for backdrop, but it's performing when the pressure is at its highest that creates the best memories and the biggest stars.

The word textures is personal shorthand for backdrops that only look unusual out of his neighborhood's gritty-garage context.

You can use those for backdrops, light boxes, and tents.

A lot of equipment will have to be set up here, and you need room for: backdrops, equipment storage, and even people!

He made Ms. Powers hike through the villages as he looked for a backdrop for a marriage proposal.

But it was not to the American frontier that Ishiguro looked for the backdrop for his own lone rider.

The only thing seemingly tying our protagonists together is the decrepit motel that makes for the backdrop for the film.

Even so, the stories make for a haunting backdrop for Boyd and those close to him.