Sentence examples for provided a background from inspiring English sources

On the beach at Quiberon a pounding disco beat provided a background soundtrack for lunch.

After 15 years of activism, the JNNURM finally provided a background for sustained discussion on the problem of slums and informal housing in the city.

Their efforts provided a background for Einstein's unique approach to understanding the universe, which he called in his native German a Gedankenexperiment, or "thought experiment".

On his round-the-world journey on the Beagle, Darwin had also carried a copy of Lyell's Principles of Geology, which provided a background to his studies of animals and plants in the Galapagos and other parts of the world.

Ancient Middle Eastern religious thought provided a background for belief in the resurrection of a divine being (e.g., the Babylonian vegetation god Tammuz), but belief in personal resurrection of humans was unknown.

Picasso's depiction of the horrors of war, given by the estate of Nelson A. Rockefeller, who donated the money for the United Nations compound, hung at a site where it often provided a background to televised interviews with ambassadors and other officials.

A useful lineup of lightly sketched stereotypes provides a background of woe and condescension.

"Architecture," he says, "should provide a background structure that allows people to behave in a different way.

He has restored an old whaling vessel, and is planning to reproduce a New Bedford Street at his estate to provide a background for the ship.

I doubt it's any musician's dream to provide a background to unglamorous, intellectually taxing work, often performed under a time crunch while wearing sweatpants.

Background section provides a background on the Kinect sensor and its performance evaluation.