Sentence examples for colonial backdrop from inspiring English sources

Its sloping byways are a lyrical world apart, one dynamically blending the 21st century with an intensely atmospheric colonial backdrop dating nearly back to Santa Fe de Bogotá's founding by conquistadors 470 years ago; the old's occasionally interspersed with the new, sometimes graceful, sometimes not so much.

We loved the colourful colonial buildings, the backdrop of lush green hills, the sociable plaza lined with cafes, and the horses and carts that roam the streets.

In the markets, squares and bustling streets of this capital -- its late 1950's cars and colonial buildings a backdrop both dreary and charming -- the latest twists and turns in the case have provoked a range of reaction.

According to the authors, Chinese "discretion and humility" are a breath of fresh air against a backdrop of "colonial arrogance" by France, Britain and other nations.

Said's argument was that western scholarship disdains and distorts the Islamic world in subtle ways that provided an intellectual backdrop to colonialism and post-colonial domination.

The social and political scene in India before, during, and after British colonial rule forms the main backdrop.

A few miles inland, the dusty little downtown of Todos Santos boasts a clutch of sophisticated galleries against a backdrop of brick colonial buildings.

Set against the backdrop of a colonial past, spanning three generations, and shuttling from Mexico City to Oaxaca to the North Fork of Long Island to Veracruz, The Sad Passions is the lyrical story of a middle-class Mexican family torn apart by the undiagnosed mental illness of Claudia, a lost child of the 1960s and the mother of four little girls.

Narration is provided by a lieutenant in the last colonial war, which serves as a backdrop to the film.

The whole colonial adventure is merely a colourful backdrop for a standard period melodrama about the two tragic loves of Bell's life.

It was predictable that ancient Gaelic hero-cults would flourish against a backdrop of social poverty and colonial torpor.