Example sentences of "set against a background " in BNC.
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| 1 | The draw ceremony was conducted seductively by Sophia Loren , operatically by Pavarotti , efficiently by Joseph Blatter , the Fifa general-secretary , and set against a background of studied chaos which would have done credit to a film by Fellini . |
| 2 | This creature is set against a background recalling the Somme 1916 ( shell craters , explosions , etc ) . |
| 3 | However , the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars , while significant struggles and in the case of the latter conflict involving savage warfare in Manchuria anticipating the kind of warfare to be seen in Europe between 1914 and 1918 , did not constitute a confrontation between two superpowers set against a background of vitriolic suspicion and rivalry , as happened in 1950 . |
| 4 | This was set against a background of rocks , sand , barbed wire and empty ammunition boxes , with large amounts of fake snow sprayed over everything . |
| 5 | The island 's strange beauty , however , was set against a background of racial and political conflict . |
| 6 | When the amplification programme is altered to LS-PCR conditions , the same male specific band of amplification is apparent but is now set against a background of RAPD products ( Lanes C to F ) . |
| 7 | The government 's desire to play down the incident was set against a background of high political tension fuelled over recent months by widespread protests against austerity and official corruption and the persistent rumours that a repeat of the February military coup attempt was imminent [ see pp. 38759-60 ; 39048 ] . |