This mistrust should also be seen against the backdrop that historically, Nicaragua has been a divided country; the political power was in the west, dominating the Caribbean region in the east where the natural resources were up for grabs (Henriksen 2008).
As I headed up past Little Mell Fell, then down into Matterdale, my gaze was torn between the mountain backdrop, dominated by the tent-shaped outline of Blencathra, and the electronic screen above the steering wheel.
Like any good commercial portraitist, Keïta arranged everything, including his subjects, to give those subjects overriding importance within the frame, to make them the absolute center of a temporary universe, assertively dominating the shallow space before the backdrop.
The jackets dominate the frame, and, on the back cover, one of them serves as a backdrop for an impressive still-life composed of jewelry, money, and a personal check signed by Ronald Reagan.
Instead, it is the Kiswahili and Muslim culture, along with its Arabic roots, which forms the backdrop of the novel and dominates the lives of the characters.
The review by Stephen Dalton, also in The Times, found the "modernist musical backdrop" dominated by "electro-orchestral fragments" "less seductive" and, "despite plenty of arch and witty lyrics", regretted the scarcity of "memorable melodies or fully realised songs".
The monarchy dominated the church.
The Rams dominated the N.F.C.
WASHINGTON — The American public will get a competing mix of rhetoric and imagery in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday, a speech that offers a heavy dose on the economy even as it plays out against a visual backdrop dominated by the current national debate over guns.
The result is a sort of unpretentious Raj-in-the-tropics backdrop for the lush seafood-and-coconut dominated cooking that mingles Portuguese and south Indian elements. .
