Sentence examples for no backdrop for from inspiring English sources

The Pentagon is still on fire in Washington, the Redskins said, and that is no backdrop for football.

There is no greater backdrop for a president.

"I'll probably see you there!" There is arguably no better backdrop for an art festival than Venice.

At the same time, there is no better backdrop for Republicans hoping to cast Mr. Kerry as an out-of-touch Ted Kennedy liberal than a coronation focusing the nation's attention on a state that is expected to be the first allowing gay marriages.

There's no backdrop, no team for hair and makeup, and aside from a camera, no additional equipment or assistants.

The fishpond (no longer stocked) acts as a backdrop for wedding photos.

In this, Cruz echoed the essential perspective of his party: that these states, where he had no base, were a useful backdrop for campaigning, but not a place to seek Republican votes.

It was as if Mr. Hussein's cult of personality -- the portraits and the statues, the parades, the hagiographic books and songs, the tapes of the leader being cheered by his people -- had become, at the end, synonymous with Iraq; as if a country with a history of civilization dating back nearly 7,000 years had been reduced to no more than a cardboard backdrop for Mr. Hussein.

So it's no surprise that Oxford is the backdrop for beloved books.

It's no wonder that hotels have provided the backdrop for many of this century's most notorious scandals.

No other city could provide a more exquisite backdrop for an international sporting event.