Sentence examples for presented backdrop from inspiring English sources

Henry Green, who somehow managed to combine novel-writing with superintendence of the family engineering business, spent most of the next ten years on what he called a serious comedy about "bohemocracy", a novel that would, as his biographer Jeremy Treglown puts it, "see the bright young things against a shadowy, obliquely presented backdrop of the darkening socio-political situation of the 1930s".

An overarching challenge for the participants was the uncertainty, which presented a backdrop to every experience.

Skiing Wyoming's oldest ski area, dating to 1939, is at Snow King, whose trails form an ever-present backdrop for central Jackson.

The winding course of the Vltava, with its succession of bridges and changing vistas, contrasts with the ever-present backdrop of the great castle of Hradčany (Prague Castle), which dominates the left-bank region of the city from behind massive walls set high on a hill.

The lighting for two of the four works presented turned the backdrop into a starry sky.

The awards were presented against a backdrop of continuing concern about whether the arts will suffer further cuts in George Osborne's June spending review.

So here the recorded sound of whooshing cars passing by on highways is presented against a backdrop of sustained, sweetly angelic tonal chords.

Last night's show was presented against a backdrop of "Italian kings of the cinema" and, with the camel coats and ribbed wool jumpers, this commercial collection looked suitably retro and theatrical.

Events MITSUI FAMILY DAY at the Museum for African Art, with tales told by Kewaulay Kamara and music performed by Salieu Susso and Eric Goldman, will be presented before a backdrop of a Mali-style courtyard that was painted by youngsters last weekend at the museum, 593 Broadway, near Houston Street, SoHo.

The second part is presented against the backdrop of the European "Sustainable Use Directive" (2009/128/EC).

In Fig. 10b, a woman worker is presented as a backdrop to the information regarding the need to get people off state-support and back into the labor-market.