Sentence examples for background lies from inspiring English sources

Although a scientist by training, James's background lies firmly in the business world.

In the background lies the fear that the pension picture could yet deteriorate.

But his next line showed where his background lies: "In the proddy territories that I hail from, the red-white-and-blue paint on the kerbsides and lamp posts is being removed".

Redzepi describes his cooking as modern Nordic, yet his background lies in a rigorous following of French cuisine, leavened with work at El Bulli and The French Laundry in California.

"I wanted to write about what it's like being an ordinary working mum," says Long, "about characters whose background lies in that grey area between the working class and the lower middle class".

The solitary worlds reminded study leader Melissa Graham, a University of California, Berkeley, postdoctoral fellow and avid sci-fi fan, of the fictional star Thrial, which, in the Iain Banks novel Against a Dark Background, lies a million light years from any other star.

Dr Ian Pennel, her psychiatrist, said a string of episodes in her background lay behind her depression.

His background lay in international haute cuisine, and his preferences were for restaurants of that ilk.

In the background lie fears of the Iranian nuclear option, and a possible "nuclear Holocaust" in the Middle East.

In the background lie a mountain and an indifferent sea, their beauty reduced to a supporting role.

In the background lay a history and an arriviste but ebullient culture that habitually encouraged the casting aside of one persona and the dedicated embrace of another.