Example sentences of "be see [prep] the background " in BNC.
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| 1 | The village of Gumley can be seen in the background . |
| 2 | Nine Holes bridge on the Woodhead road can be seen in the background to this picture of a trio of 76's , 76054/37/07 as they make for Rotherwood . |
| 3 | From left : climbing out from Guernsey with a visiting training sailing ship below ; Trislander over Alderney , whose airport may be seen in the background ; the island of Herm on a hazy autumn day , with Sark in the background ; Trislander 's single-pilot-panel — very functional , with mixture knobs oddly set on top |
| 4 | The famous Brooklands race track can be seen in the background . |
| 5 | THE OLD RAILWAY SHUNTING SHED CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND . |
| 6 | In one shot , Daine could be seen in the background while Rhonda was trying to scratch out the eyes of a competitor for his attentions , Arlene Dahl . |
| 7 | The famous storage facility ‘ Platinum Hill ’ also received damage and can be seen in the background . |
| 8 | The carnage in the extensive light aircraft population at the Airport can be seen in the background . |
| 9 | In fact the great universal struggle for human rights is to be seen against the background of human suffering brought about by excessive state power , its abuses and corruption . |
| 10 | What choices a writer makes can be seen against the background of relations of contrast and dependence between one choice and another ; for example ( to take a simple case ) the choice between transitive and intransitive verbs . |
| 11 | That the SNP managed to exploit nationality — to make it politically pertinent — in 1974 must be seen against the background of Scotland , and West Central Scotland in particular , as one of the relatively ‘ depressed regions ’ of the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | That persistence must however be seen against the background of the following factors : ( a ) the weakness of her faith as I have found it ; ( b ) the fact that no explanation was ever offered to her by anyone in medical authority as to the risks that a refusal to have a blood transfusion presented to her health indeed to her life . |
| 13 | The 15 most heavily indebted developing countries ( see p. 37017 ) in 1988 as a group increased the surplus of their merchandise exports over their imports to nearly dollars 28,000 million ; the dollar value of their exports rose above the 1981 peak for the first time since the onset of the Third-World debt service problem , although the GATT report pointed out that this trade performance needed to be seen against the background of rising interest charges and continued lack of fresh capital inflows . |
| 14 | However , this should be seen against the background of the varying capital adequacy requirements for FIMBRA regulated firms . |