Sentence examples for use as a backdrop from inspiring English sources

He's found some posters printed with suggestive words that he wants to use as a backdrop.

ZAKA, the Israeli emergency aid group, has had a bombed-out bus flown in to use as a backdrop.

That will give Mr. Baan a place to stay and yet another building, in another throbbing city, to use as a backdrop for his startling photos.

The campaign put the slogan on a sign to use as a backdrop for the round table, which included three people whose businesses are government contractors.

At the event, his campaign unveiled a new slogan — "We Did Build It" — which they put on a sign to use as a backdrop for a round table, which included three people whose businesses have benefited from government contracts.

The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, which was closed in 1990, has also traded on its use as a backdrop for movies ("The Shawshank Redemption," "Air Force One" and "Tango and Cash") to lure in punters.Now the phenomenon seems to be spreading into leisure.

In the essay, Cole takes aim at the long history of Americans using Africa as "a backdrop for white fantasies of conquest and heroism".

The house was also used as a backdrop for the James Bond movie "License to Kill".

Also, the flagship Winston store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan has been used as a backdrop in many movie scenes.

The arcade, dark, filthy and reeking of urine, was being used as a backdrop for music videos.

For example, Zeffirelli's picture-postcard "La Bohème" could be used as a backdrop for the bloody nightmare of "Elektra".