Sentence examples for a useful background from inspiring English sources

This is a useful background against which to set the calculations about who is winning and losing the political dogfight about the NHS – and whether the Conservatives should be engaged in it at all.

Updated at 2.13pm BST 2.10pm BST The Open Democracy website has a useful background piece on the May 25 election, which is already proving to be a bone of contention between Moscow and Kiev.

There is no mention of any different astonishment when that same snow lies blue-white on the ground; it merely serves as a useful background for the dirty yellow sheep that lie "like large fat maggots on the pale skin of a corpse".

The Obamas come from the same minority Luo people as Mboya did and, if you want to visualise a useful background for a successful multiracial American politician, you could do worse than imagine the lessons learned by a young man who saw what ethnic fratricide had done to his father, and his fatherland.

Ms. Simmons has spent much of her time writing locally produced plays, like one about the Louisiana Purchase called "Whose Land Is It Anyway?" But she also has a botany degree from Auburn University, a useful background for the camellia identification project, which is expected to take several years.

These insights are a useful background to any policy matters regarding housing that respects the cultures of the people.

(If you are interested in the specifics of that, Vox has published a useful backgrounder over this past weekend).

This piece from the New York Times, marking 30 years since Poland came under military rule, is a useful backgrounder on the movement's rise and decline An archive piece from the Guardian, meanwhile, reports that Lech Walesa – Solidarity's leader whom tonight's episode was presumably referencing – was to appeal a decision that banned the union from striking.

When looking for information online, also look for airports, aircraft manufacturers, airline information, flight pathways, etc., as these will provide you with a great deal of useful background information.

They are framed by a story about a Greek storyteller which provides useful background.

Welcome to Puerto Rico Essentially a tourism site, but with useful background information on the government, economy and history of the country.