The phrase "a good background to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the context or foundation that supports a particular idea, argument, or situation.
Example: "Her extensive experience in marketing provides a good background to her current role in product development."
Alternatives: "a solid foundation for" or "a strong basis for".
The white salt and shimmering heat made a good background to these silhouettes.
Normally when you see paintings by an artist you see them in isolation, but this was a good background to the whole Delft school.
Fred Schneider's paper on trace properties and enforcement mechanisms is a good background to lecture 1 and a good starting point on the literature about what security policies are enforceable.
Finally, this study provides a good background to formulate further epidemiological studies and effective health promotion programs to prevent dental erosion among Chinese adults.
Although insulin secretion from RINm5f cells is not glucose sensitive (Poitout et al., 1996; McClenaghan and Flatt, 1999), they do not express GPR119 endogenously (Supplementary Figure 1) and provide a good background to assess GPR119-specific signalling.
"When you start out with the adverse party understanding that he or she is going to have to make concessions, that's a pretty good background to begin" negotiations, Ross said Wednesday.
These chapters gives a good background knowledge to each of the tumours, in addition to explaining its natural history, patient signs and symptoms, diagnosis and current treatment modalities.
GP23: "...you can cut and paste the consultation itself then, with a bit of tweaking then, that tends to, I think, give them a good background as to the reason for referral".
He has a good background story to tell, and became a Tea Party darling during his 2010 run for Senate.
Ang Lee disappointed most watchers with Taking Woodstock, Tarantino polarised critics with Inglourious Basterds and Gaspar Noé baffled many with Enter the Void, a nearly three-hour rollercoaster which one critic suggested would be a good background film to take drugs to.Noé's 162 minute film presented at Cannes includes lots of drug-taking, sex and a graphic abortion procedure.
A good background model needs to be adaptive to the changes in dynamic scenes.
