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Against this impressively realised backdrop is set a noirish thriller in which Inspector Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad struggles to discover how a student from Ul Qoma came to be murdered and dumped in a skate park at the edge of disintegrating Beszel.

Thus, irrigation water quality is a key environmental issue faced by the agricultural sector (Shahinasi and Kashuta 2008) and it is against the backdrop that this study was set up to examine the suitability of three streams of different agricultural practices for irrigational purposes in the context of their alkalinity (sodium content) and salinity.

It provided the backdrop against which the Harlem Renaissance was set.

The movie was set against the backdrop of the Canadian Rockies.

The announcement was set against the backdrop of qualified disappointment at the team's missing the playoffs.

"Lemonade," which was set against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina, had to be shot on a tight deadline.

Based on the novels of Paul Scott, The Jewel in the Crown was set against the backdrop of the last days of the British Raj.

His speech, delivered with his customary brio, visited every sore spot represented in the hall, although it was set against "the backdrop of the gravest possible international situation".

His visit was set against the backdrop of a government shutdown caused by a fiscal fight in Congress that Mr. Hagel said deterred his efforts to assure allies of the United States' ability to fulfill its defense missions abroad.

Her speculation was set against a backdrop of rearview creepshots, with a few barely there scribbles added to blot out actual facial features.

This gathering was set against the backdrop of Sin City, the most startling, bizarre and artificial landscape on the continent.