Sentence examples for backdrop drilling from inspiring English sources
With this as backdrop, drilling disappointment (direct: Ghana, indirect: pre-salt Gabon) and the loss of near term triggers has seen Ophir lose its valuation premium.
The smell of cement dust and freshly caught fish wafts through the harbour of Marseille, to a backdrop of pneumatic drills and high-pressure hoses.
Any decision will be made against a backdrop of ferocious opposition from environmental groups, which say the drilling process — also known as fracking — poses too high a risk of groundwater contamination, air pollution and other environmental problems.
But the idea of Israel re-creating a Palestinian village to be used for military drills is a potentially explosive one against the backdrop of this week's back and forth between Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Instead the contenders are mostly smaller films from lesser-known filmmakers: "Waste Land," about the artist Vik Muniz, set against the backdrop of a massive garbage dump in Rio de Janeiro; "Gasland," which examines the dangers of natural-gas drilling; and the oddball of the group, "Exit Through the Gift Shop," Banksy's subversive story of a street artist run amok.
Striding beside them were his fellow drill sergeants, shoulders back, chests out, their full-dress uniforms a deep green backdrop for clusters of glinting medals and rainbows of ribbons, their brown Smokey Bear hats cocked aggressively low on their foreheads.
Last week, against the backdrop of a seemingly never-ending stream of oil gushing into our waters, Mr. Obama made it clear that drilling for more isn't the way out either.
