Sentence examples for backdrop to top from inspiring English sources

So that's Paradise, the prime patch of real estate that serves as the tumultuous backdrop to Top Of The Lake (Saturday, 9.10pm, BBC2), Jane "The Piano" Campion's bleak, eccentric six-part drama about child abuse, murder, domestic violence, painful secrets and terrible beards in a remote New Zealand community.

Against such a backdrop, it's noteworthy that recent moves to empower shareholders seem to have done little to tamp down corporate enthusiasm for paying top dollar to top executives.

At the center of a gang of her favorite models wearing gray sweat tops as a backdrop to zebra print shoes and purses, the über-stylist Katie Grand explained her design thoughts behind an ongoing collaboration with Hogan.

Make that "black silver," for a metallic finish appeared everywhere, from the runway backdrop to shiny trousers or a silvered tank top above purple pants.

These days, accessorised by top DJs and killer mojitos, it serves as the backdrop to Miami's louchest, liveliest pool party each Sunday.

Beach House, of course, will be the dreamy cherry on top, and the relentless Tennessee heat will be the perfect backdrop to Victoria Legrand's smoky alto.

An exodus of top Welsh players to higher-paying clubs in England and France has also formed the backdrop to the dispute over who controls the professional game in Wales and the money generated by it.

RT Ally McBeal always makes an appearance in top lists of legal dramas, but in fact the law only served as a backdrop to the surreal personal lives of the characters.

War is a backdrop to domestic strife.

PUBLIC executions make an ugly backdrop to a beauty contest.

It would be a sobering backdrop to the pennant races.