Sentence examples for over a background of from inspiring English sources

Mr. Feldman took the first solo, keening microtonal patterns over a background of tabla and bass guitar.

The coloring was flawless: a web of tan veins, raised as if in bas-relief, over a background of mottled green skin.

The eerie harmonics of Payton MacDonald's quartet version of "Radha" were hypnotically beautiful, with a viola melody spun over a background of slides and otherworldly effects.

Among the painters, Jennifer Mazza paints compact intersections of hands; Margaret Murphy paints kitsch images over a background of pictorial knots; while Roberta Melzl paints decorative swirls of cord, ribbon or rope.

But it's not the biggest El Niño on record and that spike in temperatures is occurring over a background of rapid global warming, pushing temperatures to all-time highs.

Every element of Ligeti's exuberant orchestration was sharply defined, from a declamatory trumpet melody over a background of insect-like, scurrying strings to the vertiginous rush towards the final chord.

The first was the Love Duet from The Play of Krishna in which two Hindu deities, Krishna and Rhadha, repeatedly sing each other's names over and over against a background of shimmering and sweeping strings.

Over cocktails and a background of music by the Young Artists of the Philharmonic, guests may preview some 35 art works by Guild members, of which eight will be selected for a live auction during dinner.

High risk medication prescribing has not increased over time against a background of increasing polypharmacy in the UK.

The £1m-plus market has grown by 165% over the past five years to a background of rising wealth and a flow of foreign investment into the capital.

And it has weakened its standing by squabbling unsuccessfully and sometimes publicly with the government over economic policy.Against a background of yawning deficits on the budget and the current-account, the central bank pushed rates up three times last year, to support the currency.