The historic city of York plays a backdrop to contemporary and cutting edge cinema.
"The whole debate over the last couple of weeks is playing against a backdrop of how much to increase austerity, not to invest in the economy," Neera Tanden, the president of the Center for American Progress, said last week.
DR Congo, who were playing against a backdrop of political tensions back home, ended the game without their two Premier League players.
The match was played against a backdrop of contentious subplots.
All night, Kidd played against a backdrop of boos.
The match was played against a backdrop of ill feeling between the clubs.
Mr. Bush's rallies are played against a backdrop of country music and stirring patriotic tunes.
The 1985 Valentine Brothers cover which introduced Simply Red, "Money's Too Tight To Mention", is played to a backdrop of images of Thatcher and riot police.
Short films played as a backdrop to the catwalk show: there were clips of flames, of feathers floating in a river and, I think, of tick larvae.
They also played against a backdrop of discord and half-hidden political rivalries in one of the most prominent media families in the nation.
Japan's matches with North Korea have frequently been played against a backdrop of political tension relating to the Second World War, North Korea's nuclear ambitions and the kidnapping of Japanese citizens.
