Background Sentence Examples
I saved it as the background on the iPad.
In the background were the beautiful layered mountains of the White Rock Wildlife Management.
But by keeping in the background and giving public opinion time to forget his past, as well as by parliamentary intrigue, he gradually regained much of his former influence.
He was not only the oldest native dramatist, but the first author of an epic poem (Bellum Punicum) - which, by combining the representation of actual contemporary history with a mythical background, may be said to have created the Roman type of epic poetry.
The visions were less invasive than those from others, like background music at a department store.
The frieze consisted of white marble figures in relief, affixed to a background of black Eleusinian stone.
He had the background and the education, but he obviously didn't have the inclination to adjust to the one being forced on him.
I'm sure Brennen was confused by my sharp response and background noise but once girls and dog had left we settled down to business.
I could hear other people in the background.
It stood picturesquely against a timbered background of pines.
AdvertisementThere is something chameleon-like in its appearances; its genuine views are kept in the background from tactical considerations, and first one aspect, then another, comes into prominence.
The town slopes to the ocean, with a background of forest surmounted by the snow-clad volcanic cone of Mount Egmont (8270 ft.).
Instead of war in his background, there was peacemaking and diplomacy from the beginning.
For the next four years he kept studiously in the background, waiting his time.
There is absolutely no historical background for his legend.
AdvertisementNo use was made of American military force save as a passive background to the government.
The historical background is the raids of the Teutonic maritime tribes on the coasts of England and Ireland.
While her writing demonstrates education, most likely her background ill equipped her for the practical realities of the real world.
I could hear the baby crying the background.
There was a noise in the background.
AdvertisementBut the more serious difficulties which to many minds still stand in the way of the acceptance of the epistle have come from the developed phase of Pauline theology which it shows, and from the general background and atmosphere of the underlying system of thought, in which the absence of the well-known earlier controversies is remarkable, while some things suggest the thought of John and a later age.
It may be said generally that Catharism formed the abiding background of medieval heresy.
Their issues faded into the background as they began preparing the house for the new babies.
Can you run a background check on her now that we have a last name?
On the north, west and south it is surrounded by hills, with a background of mountains amongst which the Puy-de-Dome stands out prominently.
AdvertisementIn the background she heard Alex ask him who he was talking to.
Then a woman in the background said something about them all moving to this keen town and the woman on the phone laughed, like it was a joke.
Her radio crackled in the background.
Henceforward she remained in the background, leaving her eldest son Henry to pursue the struggle with Stephen.
The first class exhibits black figures on a reddish background, the second red figures on a black ground.
Again, can we substitute church authority for that which is always the background of " dogma " as interpreted from inside - divine authority?
The room, in near total darkness, held a barely audible hum for background music.
I could hear confusion and hurried voices in the background and someone yelled, 'they're here, come on'.
In the book of Zechariah Zerubbabel has already fallen into the background and the high priest is the leading figure of the Judean community.
The decisive considerations for the determination of the date are the language, the historical background and the thought.
But the sultan could not bend his pride to suffer foreign intervention in a matter that touched his honour, and the return of Napoleon from Elba threw the Eastern Question into the background.
It completely dominates the city's background, and is a well-known sailors' landmark.
The front of the palace forms the background to the public memorial to Queen Victoria, at the head of the Mall.
But it is important to notice that a parallel story (xx.) is without this distinctively Philistine background, and this variation is significant.
Moreover, if the white light come from a source at a higher temperature than theirs, the sections, or lines, absorbed by them show dark against a continuous background.
The first term of the course is largely devoted to ensuring that all students possess adequate background knowledge of computing techniques and programming practice.
So deciding whether a complex causal chain is consistent with background knowledge would require a process akin to parsing.
Background The laboratory has previously identified a pathway by which infected human macrophages are induced to kill intracellular mycobacteria rapidly.
I'm hoping that's Jerry, and I don't want him to hear you two fighting in the background.
I could hear Claire complaining loudly in the background.
Then, she heard the cry of an infant in the background.
She'd thought him cold and distant at first, until she learned his background.
She heard him typing in the background.
They gleaned from her story that, as suspected, she came from a moneyed background.
Corday just shrugged and began asking questions about Dean's background.
Errol Garner was playing in the background.
She turned on the device and waited, uttering a cry of dismay when she saw the background.
Who can say what may emerge from an infinite background ?
But there were more serious differences in the background.
After the middle of the and century these expectations were gradually thrust into the background.
In the Annales he treats history in strict chronological order and keeps theology in the background.
The further steps in this evolution emanated from the pope, and Lavigerie, whose health now began to fail, receded comparatively into the background.
There are other factors, however, which have kept pathology in the background.
It is noteworthy that concurrently with the rise of clinical study the works of Hippocrates were more and more valued, while Galen began to sink into the background.
Matters which seem to us of primary importance and occupy a wide place in our law-books are almost entirely absent in Anglo-Saxon laws or relegated to the background.
The scene represents St George and the Princess after the conquest of the Dragon, with accessory figures, the sea, a mountainous landscape and an elaborately painted city in the background.
But there were creator-gods in the background.
He asks, is it not simpler to believe that there was a definite type in the background?
Belfast Lough is of great though quiet beauty; and the city itself is seen at its best from its seaward approach, with its girdle of hills in the background.
Even the once all-powerful war-minister Arakcheyev was thrust into the background.
Helena is delightfully situated with Mt Helena as a background in the hollow of the Prickly Pear valley, a rich agricultural region surrounded by rolling hills and lofty mountains, and contains many fine buildings, including the state capitol, county court house, the Montana club house, high school, the cathedral of St Helena, a federal building, and the United States assay office.
He had to remain in the background, but all the influence he possessed was thrown into the scale of peace.
The conseil general fell more and more into the background, the members of the other councils gradually obtained the privilege of being irremovable, and the system of co-optation resulted in the creation of a close monopoly of political offices in the hands of a few leading families.
The background consists of artificial rockwork, supported on huge wooden scaffoldings.
Greek fell still further into the background; and Homer and Demosthenes The age of g Y g Y iFrenchnfluence.
The Jurjura range, forming the background of the plains between Algiers and Bougie, extends through the district of Kabylia, with which for grandeur of scenery no other part of Algeria can compare.
The solar explanation of Minos as the sun-god has been thrown into the background by the recent discoveries.
In many systems, certainly, it has already been forced quite into the background.
To the north and west the country is comparatively level, the central plain of Ireland here reaching to the coast, but to the south the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains practically touch the confines of Greater Dublin, affording comprehensive views of the physical position of the city, and forming a background to some of the finest streets.
With the rise of a belief in departmental gods comes the age of polytheism; the belief in elemental spirits may still persist, but they fall into the background and receive no cult.
It was, save where animal sacrifices survived, the Christian sacrifice, par excellence, the counterpart for the converted of the sacrificial communions of paganism; and though charged with higher significance than these, it yet reposed on a like background of religious usage and beliefs.
But when the Agape on one side and paganism on the other receded into a dim past, owing to the enhanced sacrosanctity of the Eucharist and because of the severe edicts of the emperor Theodosius and his successors, the psychological background fell away, and the Eucharist was left isolated and hanging in the air.
The Church when it had once conquered the world allowed such precepts to lapse and fall into the background, and no one save monks or Manichaean heretics remembered them any more; indeed modern divines affect to believe that marriage rites and family ties were the peculiar concern of the Church from the very first; and few moderns will fail to sympathize with the misgivings of the barbarian chief who, having been converted and being about to receive Christian baptism, paused as he stepped down into the font, and asked the priests if in the heaven to which their rites admitted him he would meet and converse with his pagan ancestors.
During the revolution of 1772 he escaped from Stockholm and kept quietly in the background.
Just as the background of Christianity was formed by the Hebrew scriptures, and just as the Hebrew legends of the creation became the basis of its scheme of human redemption from evil, so the Avesta, with its quaint cosmogony and myths, formed the background of Mani's new faith.
Five years later, with unrestricted reciprocity relegated to the background, and with a platform which demanded tariff revision so adjusted as not to endanger established interests, and which opposed the federal measure designed to restore in Manitoba the separate or Roman Catholic schools which the provincial government had abolished, Laurier carried the country, and in July 1896 he was called by Lord Aberdeen, then governor-general, to form a government.
Nothing could be more like Plato's Phaedo, or more unlike Aristotle's later work on the Soul, which entirely rejects transmigration and allows the next life to sink into the background.
In the philosophies of Descartes and Locke a large share of attention had been directed to the idea of matter, which was held to be the abstract, unperceived background of real experience, and was supposed to give rise to our ideas of external things through its action on the sentient mind.
But this question soon fell into the background.
Again, the close of his reign was marked by the wars against Ferrara and Naples, and subsequently against Venice and the Colonnas; and these drove the question of a crusade completely into the background.
The war demanded both in Germany and France the sacrifice of all available energy and public spirit; while the Kulturkampf, by bringing into relief the question of the external existence of the Church, thrust all internal dogmatic interests and problems completely into the background.
But the reformers, as represented by Alexander Menshikov and Peter Tolstoi, prevailed; and Golitsuin remained in the background till the fall of Menshikov, 1727.
In the Bight of Biafra the coast forms an exception, being high and bold, with the Cameroon Mountains for background.
These parts were quite conspicuous against the green of the plants frequented by the insects, wherever the green portions were rendered invisible by the same background.
Max Elskamp (born at Antwerp in 1862) is the author of some volumes of religious poetry - Dominical (1892), Salutations, dont d'angeliques (1893), En symbole vers l'apostolat (1895) - for which he has devised as background an imaginary city.
During the three "July days" the duke kept himself discreetly in the background, retiring first to Neuilly, then to Rainey.
The common penny as a means of taxation fell into the background, and in its place a scheme was accepted which it was thought would provide the king witF an army of about 30,000 men.
The language of the upper classes was Greek; and the material background of building and decoration, of dress and furniture, was of Greek design.
In the oriental quarters of the city the curious shops, the markets of different trades (the shops of each trade being generally congregated in one street or district), the easy merchant sitting before his shop, the musical and quaint street-cries of the picturesque vendors of fruit, sherbet, water, &c., with the ever-changing and many-coloured throng of passengers, all render the streets a delightful study for the lover of Arab life, nowhere else to be seen in such perfection, or with so fine a background of magnificent buildings.
The earliest war measures aimed at sedition and disloyalty had as a background the passage of the conscription or Selective Service law.
The drama of the subject has in this instance not interested him at all, but only the forms and designs of the figures, the realization of the quality of flesh surfaces by the subtlest use of the graving-tool known to him, and the rendering, by methods of which he had become the greatest of all masters, of the richness and intricacy of the forest background.
Two or three other technical masterpieces of the engraver's art, the "Coat-of-Arms with the Skull," the "Nativity," with its exquisite background of ruined buildings, the "Little Horse" and the "Great Horse," both of 1505, complete the list of the master's chief productions in this kind before he started in the last-named year for a second visit to Italy.
It shows the pope and emperor, with a lute-playing angel between them, kneeling to right and left of the enthroned Virgin and Child, who crown them with rose garlands, with a multitude of other kneeling saints disposed with free symmetry in the background, and farther in the background portraits of the donor and the painter, and a flutter of wreath-carrying cherubs in the air.
Other paintings of this and the succeeding year we may seek for in vain; but in line engravings we have four more Madonnas, two St Christophers, one or two more peasant subjects, the well-known St Anthony with the view of Nuremberg in the background, and the smaller of the two portraits of the Cardinal-Elector of Mainz; and in wood-, engraving several fine heraldic pieces, including the arms of Nuremberg.
These are the two pairs of saints, St John with St Peter in front and St Paul with St Mark in the background.
Added to this there was still in the background the veteran statesman to whom Liberalism owed an unequalled obligation.
Middleton, Tarbat and Clarendon overcame Charles's reluctance to restore episcopacy; Lauderdale fell into the background; The Rev. James Sharp, hitherto the agent of the Resolutioners, or milder party among the preachers, turned his coat, and took the archbishopric of St Andrews.
He enforced the duty " of placing in the background whatever was accidental, temporary or secondary, and of bringing into due prominence what was primary and essential."
Francis and Liberalis (1504), in the background of which the towers of the old town may be seen.
The royal descent of the Messiah is thus declared, and from the outset His figure is set against the background of the Old Testament.
It is almost impossible, without asceticism of a radically inartistic kind, to treat with the resources of instrumental music and free harmony such passages as that from the Crucifixus to the Resurrexit, without an emotional contrast which inevitably throws any natural treatment of the Sanctus into the background, and makes the A gnus Dei an inadequate conclusion to the musical scheme.
In the background of all the absolute is eternally present; the rhythmic movement of thought is the self-unfolding of the absolute.
The title of the section and the contents recall, though with some important variations, the earlier half of his first work; only that here the historical background on which the stages in the development of the ego were represented has disappeared.
Marco (now converted into a national museum), a series of frescoes, beginning towards 1443; in the first cloister is the Crucifixion with St Dominic kneeling; and the same treatment recurs on a wall near the dormitory; in the chapterhouse is a third Crucifixion, with the Virgin swooning, a composition of twenty life-sized figures - the red background, which has a strange and harsh effect, is the misdoing of some restorer; an "Annunciation," the figures of about three-fourths of life-size, in a dormitory; in the adjoining passage, the "Virgin enthroned," with four saints; on the wall of a cell, the "Coronation of the Virgin," with Saints Paul, Thomas Aquinas, Benedict, Dominic, Francis and Peter Martyr; two Dominicans welcoming Jesus, habited as a pilgrim; an "Adoration of the Magi"; the "Marys at the Sepulchre."
As Friederike had fitted into the background of Goethe's Strassburg life, Lotte into that of Wetzlar, and Lili into the gaieties of Frankfort, so now Charlotte von Stein, the wife of a Weimar official, was the personification of the more aristocratic ideals of Weimar society.
The fires of hell and the shades of purgatory, which are the constant background of Dante's "Paradiso," were present to Luther from childhood.
The existence of other laws, however, is to be presupposed, and there appear to be cases where the Babylonian code lies in the background.
The simplicity of the legislation (traditionally associated with Moab and Sinai and with Kadesh in South Palestine), the humanitarian and reforming spirit, the condemnation of abuses and customs are features which, in view of the background and scope of Deuteronomy, can hardly be severed from the internal events which connect Palestine of the Assyrian supremacy with the time of Nehemiah.'
Thus, the tradition of a residence in Egypt, implied also in the stories of Joseph, has certainly become the " canonical " view, but the recollection was not shared by all the mixed peoples of Palestine; and to this difference of historical background in the traditions must be added divergent traditions of the earlier population.
Note also the view that the grand book of Job has an Edomite background.
Consequently, in addition to the ordinary requirements of historical criticism, biblical study has to take into account the intricate composite character of the sources and the background of these positions.
Broadly speaking, the subdivision is characteristic of Bengal, where revenue duties are in the background, and the tahsil of Madras, where the land settlement requires attention year by year.
It can be shown that, if the density of distribution of the stars through infinite space is nowhere less than a certain limit (which may be as small as we please), the total amount of light received from them (assuming that there is no absorption of light in space) would be infinitely great, so that the background of the sky would shine with a dazzling brilliancy.
But Hisham, to whom he was successor-designate, foolishly kept him in the background, and even made earnest efforts to get his own son Maslama acknowledged as his successor.
There is a Stoic element in the ethic of the Pauline epistles, but the theological affinity that the Johannine gospel, with its background of philosophic ideas, exhibits to Platonic and Neoplatonist teaching caused the effort at absorption to be directed rather in that direction.
So long as the relation of the nominal to the real essence has no other background than Locke's doctrine of perception, the conclusion that what Kant afterwards calls analytical judgments a priori and synthetic judgments a posteriori exhaust the field follows inevitably, with its corollary, which Locke himself has the courage to draw, that the natural sciences are in strictness impossible.
In Mill's inductive logic, the nominalistic convention has, through his tendency to think in relatively watertight compartment,s, 2 faded somewhat into the background.
The nerve of proof in the processes by which he establishes causal conjunctions of unlimited application is naturally thought to lie in the special canons of the several processes and the axioms of universal and uniform causation which form their background.
The skeleton is meaningless apart from reference to its function in the life of an organism, yet there are laws of skeleton structure which can be studied with most advantage if other characters of the organism are relegated to the background.
Reference has been made above to the effect upon the rise of the later psychological logic produced by Herbart's psychology of apperception, when disengaged from the background of his metaphysic taken in conjunction with his treatment in his practical philosophy of the judgment of value or what he calls the aesthetic judgment.
Moltke continued to take part in public life as a member of the Landsting, or Upper House, but henceforth kept in the background.
And his background is the intellectual and religious thinking of his time.
As thus the background is changed from Jewish to Greek, so are the fundamental religious conceptions.
At the same time William kept her in the background and refrained from appointing her regent during his absence.
Feeling the difficulty of supposing that all the ancient minstrels sang of the " wrath of Achilles " or the " return of Ulysses " (leaving out even the capture of Troy itself), he was led to assume that two poems of no great compass dealing with these two themes became so famous at an early period as to throw other parts of the Trojan story into the background, and were then enlarged by successive generations of rhapsodists.
In fact, Brahma, having performed his legitimate part in the mundane evolution by his original creation of the universe, has retired into the background, being, as it were, looked upon as functus officio, like a venerable figure of a former generation, whence in epic poetry he is commonly styled pitamaha, " the grandsire."
In this respect, the veneration shown to serpents and monkeys has, however, to be viewed in a somewhat different light, as having a mythical background; whilst quite a special significance attaches to the sacred character assigned to the cow by all classes of Hindus, even those who are not prepared to admit the claim of the Brahman to the exalted position of the earthly god usually conceded to him.
Several interesting gold rings of Saxon workmanship have been found at different times, on which the owner's name and ornamental patterns are formed in gold with a background of niello.
On the whole, the question must be left open, and with it both the problem of the extension of the name Musri and Mizraim outside Egypt in the Assyrian and Hebrew records of this period and the true historical background of a number of the Isaianic prophecies.
It has what Moulton called an "Iranian background."
This was not conducive to critical inquiry; questions of the historical background of the biblical passage or of the trustworthiness of the text scarcely found a place.
At all events, if these writings have many old elements and may be used to illustrate the background of the New Testament, they illustrate not only the excessive legalism and ritualism against which early Christianity contended, but also the more spiritual and ethical side of Judaism.
Mr Andrew Lang, on the other hand, supposes that belief in a supreme being came first in order of evolution, but was afterwards thrust into the background by belief in ghosts and lesser divinities (Magic and Religion, 1901, p. 224).
By such conceptions the Hellenic polytheism was moralized; the physical character of the greater gods fell into the background, and the sculptor's art came to the aid of the poet by completely enduing them with personality.
In the background Marshal Serrano and many politicians and military men steadily advocated a coup d'etat in order to avert the triumph of the republicans.
The site of the city is very hilly and is completely dominated by a line of high rocky elevations that run like a crescent-formed background from N.E.
We may, however, observe that our book points to the period already past - of stress and persecution that preceded the recovery of national independence under the Maccabees, and presupposes as its historical background the most flourishing period of the Maccabean hegemony.
The long period of depression seems not to have been without a beneficial influence on the persecuted Buddhist church, for these teachers are reported to have placed the Tantra system more in the background, and to have adhered more strongly to the purer forms of the Mahayana development of the ancient faith.
At the meeting of this diet the question of nationality, which through the constant religious controversies had receded to the background, again became predominant.
Even eschatology lies quite in the background.
The Eastern Church is both the source and background of the Western.
She is represented in works of art, often together with Ceres, with a cornucopia (horn of plenty) in her arm, and a ship's prow in the background, indicating the transport of grain over the sea.
Conceivably enough the story of Jeremiah's journey to Egypt (or Mizrim) may have been imagined to supply a background for the artificial prophecies ascribed to Jeremiah in chs.
The most competent opinion inclines to acknowledge the hand of Leonardo, not only in the face of the angel, but also in parts of the drapery and of the landscape background.
One of these was a cartoon or monochrome painting of Adam and Eve in tempera, and in this, besides the beauty of the figures, the infinite truth and elaboration of the foliage and animals in the background are celebrated in terms which bring to mind the treatment of the subject by Albrecht Darer in his famous engraving done thirty years later.
Nevertheless, in its dimmed and blackened state, the portrait casts an irresistible spell alike by subtlety of expression, by refinement and precision of drawing, and by the romantic invention of its background.
He took the side of Sulla against Marius and Cinna, but for a time, in consequence of the success of the Marians, he kept in the background.
Cosmic theories of the work of a Logos subordinate to the Father fell into the background.
Behind superficial manifestations of grace there is a dark background, almost like the Greek Fate.
The city is prettily situated on an island-studded and mountain-locked harbour, with a background of forest and snow-capped mountain cones; an extinct volcano, Mt Edgecumbe (3467 ft.), on Kruzof Island, is a conspicuous landmark in the bay.
The rich background with gold decoration in relief is characteristic. There is also a late altarpiece by Perugino (1521) and a fine early Renaissance canopy by Rocco da Vicenza (1515).
Practically, however, this revolutionary aspect of the notion was kept for the most part in the background; the rational law of an ideal community was not distinguished from the positive ordinances and customs of actual society; and the " natural " ties that actually bound each man to family, kinsmen, fatherland, and to unwise humanity generally, supplied the outline on which the external manifestation of justice was delineated.
With the generation of moralists that followed, the consideration of abstract rational principles falls into the background, and its place is taken by introspective study of the human mind, observation of the actual play of its various impulses and sentiments.
Feeling in this higher sense (as distinguished from "organic" sensibility, Empfindung), which is the minimum of distinct antithetic consciousness, the cessation of the antithesis of subject and object, constitutes likewise the unity of our being, in which the opposite functions of cognition and volition have their fundamental and permanent background of personality and their transitional link.
But, apart from this episode, which he characteristically omits to record, he remained in the background.
A list of such otiose great beings in the background of religion is given in Lang's The Making of Religion (1898).
We have now a background upon which to view the book, and, on the one hand, it has become obvious that the records preserve - as is only to be expected - Oriental customs, beliefs and modes of thought.
There were the friends of the Montmorency partyDamville at their head; Colignys relations; the king of Navarre; Cond; and a prince of the blood, Catherine de Medicis third son, the duke of Alencon, tired of being kept in the background.
Concini surrounded himself with new men, insignificant persons ready to do his bidding, such as Barbin or Mangot, while in the background was Richelieu, bishop of Lucon.
But he remained in the background as the inspirer and adviser of the Tariff Reformers.
On the death of Stephen, the Zborowski recovered their influence and did their utmost to keep Zamoyski in the background.
In Athanasius the relation of the work of Christ to Satan retires into the background, Gregory of Nazianzus and John of Damascus felt scruples about this view.
Byj turning the knob A, placed at the front corner of the stage, a black or white plate, forming a dark or light background, can be swung underneath the specimen.
With this device these particles appear bright against a dark background, and can be easily seen.
The same observation can be made with the cone of rays of a reflector, and in the same way the fine rain-drops upon a dark background and the fixed stars in the sky become visible.
The city is prettily situated on the river, with a background of cleared hills, and in the distance heights clothed with magnificent forest.
Other and more profound differences relating to the rise of the monarchy (§ 2), the career of Saul (§ 3) and David's conquest of Jerusalem (§ 4) represent irreconcilable historical background.
Pericles was reinstated, and Cleon now for a time fell into the background.
The answer which he proceeds to give altogether explodes the definition of the categories as formed products of thought, and enables us to see more clearly the nature of the new conception of experience which lies in the background of all the critical work.
A background is supplied by the distant mountains to the west, and by the nearer hills to the south.
First Massachusetts, then a move, 'to a keen new house,' a background voice quoted.
This time, the calm male voice was accompanied by a distinctly feminine wail in the background.
The packed emergency area waiting room held a disreputable collection of weeping women, stoned teenagers and dirty derelicts, all talking at the same time over the background music of a near-constant scream of sirens hauling in more Saturday night victims.
There is a dramatic contrast between the foreground and background.
He had pious devotion with no deep theological background.
That undoubtedly reflected his background as a Benedictine abbot, for he regarded the Rule of St Benedict as the rule of his life.
Their background and proven teaching ability translated into courses offers an unparalleled standard of training.
By evening I was beginning to feel restless and had really achy thighs so had a bath with clary sage burning in the background.
His background in action is also duly noted here as some of the action sequences in Nemesis look very good.
There are also a number of background echoed affirmations, which pan from left to right in your headphones.
Susan used an engraving from an 18th Century geological book, showing different varieties of moss agate, against a mottled background.
A weather summary for the cropping year, and background information on arable crop agronomy are also provided.
Sound Cheesy voice acting, above average sound effects and a suitably ambient background track are what you'll find here.
By virtue of its high power bridged headphone amplifier, communication is further enhanced even in environments with high background noise levels.
John Montagu background was that of the British aristocracy he was the the Earl of Sandwich.
I mean oddly enough New College, despite its rather aristocratic background, had a curious reputation for producing Labor politicians.
A " best fit " between the detections and the optical background is used to precisely fix the astrometry of each field.
The sky also was lit by a diffuse background Aurora.
A newcomer to the home automation market, Grant has a background in sales.. .
She explained the background to the AEBC liability group's work, including its current series of briefing discussions.
These guidance notes outline the background to the audit assessment process Available on the website.
Principles Methods and Practice - describes the background and development of the Wallingford Procedure.
Its purpose is to provide a conceptual background for understanding the whole process.
Also included is some historical background of baby showers for you entertainment.
The church had to quickly adjust to the cultural background of the day.
One sees the imprint of these primordial fluctuations as small temperature perturbations in the cosmic microwave background radiation.
Approximately 25% of all candidates have a technical / engineering background.
This " horizon problem " makes it difficult to account for the uniformity of the cosmic background radiation.
There was a drum beating in the background, throbbing in time with his pulse.
Applicants should have a strong record of productivity and a background of research excellence in molecular biology, cell biology or cellular biophysics.
Fixed a bug whereby the card background bitmap was not loaded properly.
Perhaps the most beautiful of all is the snow white background color of the Santa Isabel ground boa.
Timika became a boomtown on the back of the copper and gold mines of Ertsberg and Grasberg in the mountains in the background.
This will be a fairly broad discussion; I will try not to deal in detail with the antiquarian background of any particular story.
The ideal candidate should have a research, social science or history background.
Service includes, pre-day music requests, disco, background music, confetti cannons, mics provided for speeches.
Background Sugar rich drinks are a recognized risk factor in early childhood caries.
Attractive steel engraved cartouche with title embedded on a rock, sailing ships in the background, piece of eight coin and sheep.
Background on Ricin Ricin is a poison that can be made from the waste (mash) left over from processing castor beans.
They also have a right to know their medical background, and with them being registered pedigree cats, a right to their documentation.
By default notify marks the current pro- cess; simply say ` notify ' after starting a background job to mark it.
Casein has a deep matt and very slightly chalky finish and is best suited where the background is dry and there's low condensation.
One noticeable change from previous visits however is the background chatter of different languages.
A precipitous green cliff faces the sea; in the background rises Fuji above dark foothills against a glowing sunset sky.
In the background the blue barrel contains comfrey liquid manure.
We create the parent compositor that will contain the background image, ripple effect, Java text, and the spaceship compositor.
Actors also research roles so that they can grasp concepts quickly during rehearsals and understand the story's setting and background.
All three investigations found raised levels of radioactive contaminants, far in excess of background levels.
Until starting Your Move Games, Inc., I had a pretty conventional " business " background.
Enough of the background, let's pop the cork.
His military background tells us something, but since announcing his candidacy he has sought to promote left-wing credentials.
There's almost no background hiss, leaving you with incredibly creepy silences at times.
That's the top priority, particularly against the background of growing cynicism in the sector over the lack of progress on funding reform.
Running long jobs in the background can result in seriously degraded graphics performance.
Whilst the number of lower intelligence children invariably come from a socio-economically deprived background.
The race footage shows the Long Beach Marine Stadium in the background (look out for the oil derricks ).
Ideal person will have a desktop publishing and advertising / marketing background with an entrepreneurial spirit.
The background colors are somewhat deviant, but the offset of the font color gives it a alomst homey feeling.
I sleep with my pc humming away in the background whne I got a god almight ding telling me that you had turned 30!
The other UK EfW plants have recorded similar low dioxin emission levels - equivalent to existing, background dioxin levels in urban soils.
This means that Cambridge is today the cheapest university in England for someone from a financially disadvantaged background.
Although they are somewhat complex in their background we have been concerned with a fairly discreet number of issues before your Lordship today.
The cost of study is a significant disincentive for students from lower income background.
Showing a woman posing beside her laden donkey, with three figures standing in the background.
A. To warn the driver that the level crossing gates were shut against the railroad Q What building is in the left background?
Set to background of old school electro funk music and dance moves this class is pure fun!
Background Sharples Engineering Ltd of Bolton was established in 1999 and employs ten people in total, eight who are permanently employed in manufacturing.
The prerequisite for the course is a background in structural engineering provided in the earlier years.
The background of royal ermine, the red stag's head and the green chief symbolize the Royal Forest.
On the other hand, I am sure that we have become increasingly estranged from the basic facts about the background of our food.
Where glider means a periodic structure moving through time on a periodic background called ether by Cook.
Background The spatial distribution of rice fallows in South Asia was documented using a GIS approach.
Daylight fill-in flash Avoid losing your subject in a shadow when there is a strong light in the background.
He has a background in markup languages and, after a 20 year flirtation with TeX, is now an XML bigot.
The lattice footbridge, a later addition by the SER, is evident in the background.
If blackout conditions cannot be achieved, a positive color scheme (light background / dark foreground) will work better.
In the background the rapidly expanding lower sandy foreshore can be seen.
Also quite delicate, with cherry flavors and a slightly gamey background, is Oracle Shiraz 2001 (Oddbins ).
Many extras in the background, danced a gavotte, to music played in by grams.
Her background is mainly in analytical geochemistry, with a bias toward ' environmental ' topics.
Richard Bowen BSc MSc, Applied Geophysicist Richard has a background in applied environmental geophysics and joined the TerraDat team in 2001.
The figures of Christ and the Apostles are in silver relief, set against a background of copper gilt.
There is also a celestial globe in the background.
Obviously I come from a gnome background so I say Gnome.
The Lap steel guitar - excellent page includes background and history of the lap steel guitar, related links and steel guitar players.
The teachers in the background include the headmaster, Mr Baxter, who was once Mayor of Leamington.
William Elliot Whitmore tho, is nothing if not headstrong and earnestly pushes on, undistracted by the background noise.
Wife Five years younger than Canning, Joan Scott preferred to stay in the background rather than playing the role of society heiress.
Reference should also be made to the background of rental evidence for comparable hereditaments elsewhere.
Galton's primary interest in fingerprints was as an aid in determining heredity and racial background.
The sites linked below have general background information about reading hieroglyphs, together with more information about reading signs.
It assumes the highlighter will render the selected background.
In the absence of a signal the radio being used to monitor will now return to the background hiss.
The son of a railroad worker from Oswestry, he came from a relatively humble background.
If we underwent hypnosis, would our cultural background shape the emergence of an existential reality that had no basis in fact?
Nor did anything in his background suggest that he would become one of the great impresarios of the day.
For those that know little, tell us the background to dl incognito.
Thus, ordinary incredulity, say about some feature of the world, occurs against a background of sequestered beliefs about the world.
Early background EEG activity is a relatively reliable prognostic indicator for outcome 24,25.
A lot of footage uses the ' soft focus ' technique to made the background indistinct and obviously out of focus.
Anyway, enough background info & on to tonight's gig.
Comment about a neighbor's planning application background information on how you can comment on applications made.
A forbearing of events to come reflects parental anxiety inherent in the circumstances of birth, providing an apt background for what follows.
Problems reported relating to the previous work background of staff were primarily interpersonal.
The sounds can also help reduce the contrast between the tinnitus and background sounds, making the tinnitus appear less intrusive.
Expect students to achieve these standards irregardless of ability, background, or prior knowledge.
If this is the case then your video window is in the background and appears jerky.
You can no longer remain in the background - unless of course you condone the killing of innocent animals in this terrible way.
The man in the background is holding a Copper ladle for introducing the powder [1860s] .
The Hell Candidate is an atmospheric chiller with a political background, that features a novel slant on the Faust legend.
Background Introduction What key skills do we need to be digitally literate?
Sue is a lawyer with a background in civil litigation.
Tho some of the sayings don't sound very loud when playing there's various sound effects and heavy metal music in the background!
These features all indicate that DNT arises on a background of cortical malformation.
You will be an experienced marketing manager with a background in a fast paced online business.
Chroma Key filter creates a matte based on color allowing background the show through.
Others prefer to remain in the background but still have to cope with some disruptions such as extra washing and irregular mealtimes.
Share prices soared against the background of a relatively mediocre performance by the big capitalist economies.
The background to this composition has an almost ambient and spacey feel, while the foreground is more jazz inspired while remaining very melodic.
Even the accompanying background music seemed melodramatic to me, sort of over-indulgent, in a way.
Think of working class p e o p l e. And yes, thsoe who do menial, jobs in the background, unthanked.
So John Marston's background would have included metalworking as well as metal finishing.
Sir John's academic background is in medical microbiology, with special interest in mechanisms of infectious disease.
In addition, a background in scanning probe microscopy is required.
Freeman is the only molecular biologist on the commission, coming from a background in Drosophila (fruitfly) research.
Background The notification concerns a proposal for installation of 15m high monopole and equipment cabin to accommodate 3no dipole antenna and 1no 0.6m dish.
Background It is advantageous to use three-phase motors in many applications.
The sensor seems to be excessively sensitive to the red or yellow tints and the background is often mottled with yellow.
The glasses used to manufacture Burle electron multipliers have been specially formulated to produce low background noise.
If you using a Macintosh disable background printing in the Chooser.
Those and similar works were read by working class radicals against a background of social privation, injustice and unrest.
Background In ancillary relief proceedings the Husband had removed the parties ' joint assets from the jurisdiction without the Wife's knowledge or consent.
This book provides historic background relevant to current restoration projects.
Interestingly, the historical background of today's heterosexual promiscuity is as clearly traceable as its counterpart.
Because of my very Protestant background, work had to be hard work.
He comes from a strong extended family background of sporting prowess at various levels.
In the early 1970's this background presented problems for local psychologists who wanted to apply psychology to the conflict in Northern Ireland.
The Review was set up against a background of negative publicity against social work staff following several high profile abuse cases.
The Great White Throne but symbolizes the unsullied purity of God as the background against which human character is tested.
Background In April 2001 CIRA initiated an on-line quiz between pubs in two villages in the North East of England.
He carries a rapier, the sword of a gentleman and again, even has a spare in the background of the image.
It provides interesting background reading with respect to the two awards.
The book covers the background to the case with great erudition but avoids tedium and dry recitation of facts.
Painted dark red, it stood majestic and aloof behind its elaborate Baroque railing, an old, shady garden spreading in its background.
It has enhanced menu settings that allow resizing buttons, playing music in the background and also redoing and undoing the features.
A background function should be included in the model, and its parameters refined.
The responses seen with all dosages studied are superior to the responses seen with placebo and an optimized background regimen.
Improved the color rendering of the background bitmap images.
They have also played for functions and events where small interludes of recital repertoire is required or alternatively as a background music duo.
The method of estimating future benzene roadside and background concentrations is similar to that used for calculating exceedances of the 5 ppb standard.
She is on a dark sage green background with a pale sage green circular mount framing her.
Brief scientific background Kidney stones are most commonly composed of insoluble salts of calcium.
I come from a background of Iyengar and I like to feel the poses, even in a sun salutation.
Light green willow saplings are in the background, where the sky shows misty blue haze.
Brown Feather seemed to belong to a long line of idiots savants from a Native American background.
Work with highly qualified and enthusiastic people from a broad, mainly scientific background in an ethical environment and decisions are data driven.
The role would ideally suit a self-starter from a broad business background who enjoys a varied workload.
Birds twitter gently in the background as Iain quite literally tries to charm them from the trees with his sweetest serenade.
It's true that Mozart never lowered his standards, even when writing background music; the two preceding wind serenades are proof of that.
Yellow on a white background, background shading, large areas of solid black, or gray shading, do not reproduce well.
For example, you could add a glow effect, a drop shadow or simply change the background color.
The pale background colors retain the beautiful satin sheen.
This one does still have semaphore signals, as can be seen in the background of the picture.
Our logo goes around the middle of the pen on a red background with happy smiley faces embossed onto the background.
The sag aloo I get from a couple of favorite curry houses has a slightly smokey, bitter background taste that I really like.
In the background, I heard a few cat snickers.
In the background, the Liberator's scanners have detected a 700 year old Earth ' Wanderer ' class spaceship drifting toward the planet.
From the black sky A2 observations background spectral file were derived.
Neat layout, but much of the finer text looks spidery against the background.
I admit my background on gastric surgery... to treat this as a simple horror story.
The first section is uniformly excellent and covers the use of modern post structuralist historical method on the cultural background to the New Testament.
These may need to be removed before a good background subtraction can be performed.
We now have a suite of five background subtraction programs available!
Select a background color by clicking on the colored swatch.
Marshall combines her vocal talents with her acting background to create the Magic of the Great Divas in her exciting cabaret show.
Her boiler is in the background under the green tarpaulin.
There were fairly large purple teardrops on a white background.
Those unfamiliar with grammatical terminology should also attend the class in ' Background to language learning ' during their first term.
The role may also suit an experienced tester who is looking to apply their test background to a new area.
If your site is primarily textual, try experimenting with a slight background tint.
The clock tower in the background belongs to the old tollbooth.
Trotsky was writing against a background where brave leftists attempted to assassinate tsars, their ministers and aristocratic accomplices.
The computer-generated music consists of a richly textured melodic base tune playing in the background for the duration of the performance.
Against this background the European policy response was essentially twofold.
Education of Young People in Public Care - Overview Background Children and young people in public care historically seriously underachieve compared with their peers.
However, at times, deeper background undercurrents burst out into general view.
An object of equal breadth and color throughout, seen against a background of various colors will appear unequal in breadth.
The ` exp var BG ` is the background light curve expected variance.
The ` Exp var BG ` is the background light curve expected variance.
Most of the exchange is in Standard English which you could argue shows that the pupils are from a fairly well-to-do background.
There is a large degraded Kufic inscription around the interior walls, reserved in white against a background of tiny luster whorls.
There are vicissitudes and varying standpoints which point to a complicated literary history and require some historical background, and, apart from actual changes in the history of the Levites, some allowance must be made for the real character of the circles where the diverse records originated or through which they passed.
Those instruments of which the tones and compass are most suitable for polyphonic melody are for the most part high in pitch; a circumstance which, in conjunction with the practice (initiated by the monodists and ratified by science and common sense) of reckoning chords upwards from the bass, leads to the conclusion that the instruments which hold the main threads in the design shall be supported where necessary by a simple harmonic filling-out on some keyed instrument capable of forming an unobtrusive background.
It would almost have come to a rupture, since both parties held firmly to their standpoint, had not a new persecution arisen under the emperor Valerian, which threw all internal quarrels into the background in face of the common danger.
But the recovery of successive historical nuclei does not furnish a continuous thread, and if one is to be guided by the historical context of events the true background to each nucleus must be sought.
The government remained in the hands of Cardinal Bakocz till his death in 1521, when the supreme authority at court was disputed between the lame palatine Istvan Bathory, and his rival, the eminent jurist and orator Istvan Verbdczy (q.v.), - both of them incompetent, unprincipled place-hunters, - while, in the background lurked Janos Zapolya (see John (Zapolya), King Of Hungary), voivode of Tran sylvania, patiently waiting till the death of the feeble and childless king (who, in 1522, married Maria of Austria) should open for him a way to the throne.
In verses 9, 19 the manifest corruptions may be explicable from a Semitic background.
In the animistic attitude we have in- Anim- deed the true background of the genuine Roman religion; but its characteristic and peculiar development is a kind of "higher Animism," which can associate the "spirit" not merely with visible and tangible objects, but with states and actions in the life of the individual and the community.
Mind and will in their individual manifestations fade into the general background of appearance without significance except as a link in a fated chain.
In the code of the Twelve Tables they are designated quaestores parricidii, " inquisitors of parricide or murder"; 2 and perhaps originally this was their full title, which was afterwards abbreviated into quaestors when their functions as criminal judges fell into the background.
In heraldry "mantling," also known as "panache," "lambrequin" or "contoise," is an ornamental appendage to an escutcheon, of flowing drapery, forming a background (see Heraldry).
They were but a magnificent drapery of pomp and glory thrown across a background of poverty, ignorance, superstition, hypocrisy and cruelty; remove it, and reality appears in all its brutal and sinister nudity.
Here the long, sunny days were mine, and all thoughts of work and college and the noisy city were thrust into the background.
Natasha's illness was so serious that, fortunately for her and for her parents, the consideration of all that had caused the illness, her conduct and the breaking off of her engagement, receded into the background.
History and background The first festival, in 1984, presented 14 puppetry performances at one venue in Edinburgh.
Thus, without the data of total purine uptake (background plus infused), the results obtained were confounded.
Finding the powerful quasars responsible for the X-ray background radiation.
To compile a database of background natural radionuclide concentrations in seafood.
On the other side of the path are many trees receding into the background.
The rightwing Army Radio commentator Uri Orbach found the incident disturbingly reminiscent of Jewish musicians forced to provide background music to mass murder.
It is no respecter of age, sex, race, or ethnic background; anyone might be affected.
With regard to the molecular background, no mutation of the p53 or retinoblastoma susceptibility (Rb) genes has been demonstrated.
Background retinopathy Is the earliest stage in the development of retinopathy.
Enthusiastic chef with 2/3 rosette background required to support the Pastry chef in this well renowned kitchen looking to regain its Michelin Star.
Children who come from a bilingual background are slightly more likely to display selective mutism.
A man 's figure is silhouetted against the background of a white curtain flooded by the light of a new day.
The Open University 's Background Brief on teleportation is not particularly memorable, but What Have The Sixties Ever Done For Us?
He also has a penchant for skulking in the background, as can be seen in the photo.
If no suitable slew data are available, then method 4 uses standard background spectra.
Draco was as unpleasant as ever, but he now seems more capable, rather than just sniggering in the background.
If I listened very carefully, I 'm sure I would hear sounds of snoring in the background.
The poster has a purple background and shows a cartoon drawing of a snowman 's head.
In fact much of what we are allowed to see is played in the background, with the likes of snuff videos.
Sociolinguistics studies the way class, ethnic background and gender affect the way you speak and the way others perceive your speech.
In the background, the Liberator 's scanners have detected a 700 year old Earth ' Wanderer ' class spaceship drifting toward the planet.
The Great mound The great mound at Taplow today lies adjacent to Taplow Court, the splendid Victorian mansion, seen in the background.
They have hired a band which strums away in the background.
This cool vintage scarf features gold background, with large pale purple stylized flowers.
For skin detection, we need to first subtract the background for maximizing our ability to correctly find the skin regions.
Finally, one has to subtract the same quantities for the reference background.
We now have a suite of five background subtraction programs available !
The impact of local urban sources is superimposed on this regional background.
Against this background, the need for greater supply-side flexibility within Europe is increasingly widely acknowledged.
If you are a photographer doing a swimwear fashion shoot, these are ideal to set the scene in the background.
The program displays a spinning swirly thing in the background on top of which it shows 1 of 5 textured objects.
Daylight synchro prevents strong background light from throwing your subject into shadow.
Electron neutrino identification and background systematics studies in the Near and Far Detectors as part of muon neutrino to electron neutrino oscillation analysis.
Preliminary meeting between trainer and delegates - the examples on the course can then be tailored to match the delegate 's background.
A pianist tinkling quietly in the background creates a lovely feel.
The clock tower in the background belongs to the old Tollbooth.
A suitable sign would be triangular with a yellow background and a black band around the outside.
Against the hectic, densely packed and colorful background of twenty-first century Japan, Gardiner explores the triumphs and trivialities of human life.
It sounds like a twittering noise in the background and is consequently sometimes known as ' birdies '.
The mathematics background is typified by the fact that most undergraduate courses have A-level mathematics (or equivalent) as an entry requirement.
This will produce an underexposed dark subject against a bright background.
Producer Sir George Martin is making background music for the forthcoming Cirque du Soleil show by remastering unheard recordings by the band.
It uses a unidirectional microphone which eliminates up to 92% of all background noise in the office.
To set the background, it may be useful to summarize the views of the panelists from their position papers.
He has a background in the energy sector and experience of regulated utilities.
Jess is a young woman who disguises a dysfunctional middle class background behind an edgy, volatile temperament.
The " war against terror " is unfolding against a background of a rapidly disintegrating world economy.
Background Optical fibers are waveguides used to confine light.
The Background The question Why is the Worshipful Company involved with this?
And, again, he is yelping in the background.
The professor's voice continued to drone on in the background as I daydreamed about my perfect vacation.
Some companies offer parents the opportunity to special order their invitations using digital photos of the older child or children and the baby as the background.
Staff Training - Anything from education to first aide to background checks.
The day care center employee is required to have a clean background, high patience level and great communication skills with children.
Even if you do not have a Christian background, you may still find yourself drawn to Biblical baby names.
Background Checks-Some nanny agencies do background checks before signing a nanny with their company.
Others charge the families additional fees to conduct a background check.
Play Mexican music in the background, and include a piñata stuffed with baby shower supplies or sweet treats for fun.
For an additional touch, consider adding a sound recording that plays sounds of the sea in the background.
This eliminates background white noise like an electrical hiss or music playing in the nursery.
For a dramatic effect, try dressing your baby in white and placing him on a white blanket by a white background.
This could be because of a birth mother's particular situation or background.
A home study typically consists of a background check as well as checking into other personal aspects of your life, such as your financial situation, personal relationships, and job status.
Do a background check on and get references for any babysitters/day care providers.
Charlotte Wenham is a busy mother of two young boys, with a background in ER nursing.
Location and background often determine the types of names that are considered for a baby.
Most parents prefer a newborn adoption that matches them with a baby who has a similar background, but this preference may mean a longer wait time.
The characters' colors and faces don't change, but the background colors can vary.
These referrals typically include photos, background information, and medical information.
Once you see the puppies, your emotions may overwhelm reason, so you'll want the dogs' genetic background before viewing the litter.
Unscrupulous jewelers may pass off the total weight of the doublet as the weight of the stone and you will end up paying the opal's carat value for the total weight of the doublet, including the background stone or material.
Often you must complete a background check before signing a lease.
Circuit City is a good resource for digital camera background information, too.
The online application is a bit lengthy, and does ask for a copy of your driver license and background check.
Common background colors are red, blue, dark brown and camel tan.
The carols playing in the background, the thrill of finding just the right item, and the ability to browse for unexpected gifts can make shopping at the mall, boutiques, or other retailers rewarding.
This is different to central heating that heats an entire house and gives background heat.
Look at the hedge fund manager's background, experience in hedge funds, their history of success and failure with funds, and anything else you could learn.
This article will briefly discuss what to look for when buying laptops, and give a bit of background to help you avoid the trap of salesmen who seek mostly to make the most of their commission.
When you're hunting, you want the greatest amount of contrast between your target and its background, right?
While gray lenses won't give you more contrast between your target and its background, they are the best for shooting in bright sunlight.
A white feline is set against a background of red peonies and green foliage, all on a royal blue glass bulb.
Sometimes a maturing kitten will even develop a different eye color altogether, depending on its genetic background.
It sounds like your cat has Siamese in his background, but since his sibs are so many different colors he must be a mixed breed.
Also, he was a stray to begin with, so we don't know anything about his background.
These stories offer a biblical background for children of all ages and are filled with various morals and values normally taught in the Christian faith.
A virtual wallet runs in the background whenever you use your computer.
At the initial meeting, ask the attorney some questions about his or her background and general approach to divorce matters.
To get marriage and/or divorce records from this site you will need to order a background check for the person involved.
A space heater is often considered a complementary heat source and is used in addition to central heating or other background heating to bring additional warmth when and where required.
This article will give you a brief background of BPA plastic, will highlight the potential health risks associated with it, and will provide you with suggestions for how to avoid coming in contact with BPA.
To address pollution issues as productively as possible, it's helpful to gain a solid background of knowledge about the topic.
Purdue University's horticultural department provides background information and a nutritional chart on mangosteen fruit for those who wish to examine the exact nutritional makeup of the fruit.
When choosing herbal products to treat your pet, it's important to check into the background of the company or individuals behind the product.
For example, if you've chosen a large water color landscape for your walls, study all aspects of it, including the colors used in the paint, the background, the matt and the frame.
Potential clients can use its internal designer profiles to research thirty local designers and learn more about their background.
The chapter's website includes a designer search with extensive background information about the designers along with their portfolios.
By comfortable, that doesn't mean you work from a recliner and have a portable DVD player perched on your desk for breaks or background noise.
Additionally, ask about educational background, architectural certifications, and references.
The furniture will provide a stable and quiet background to the rest of the room.
For instance, if you go for a floral print, choose one on a white or off white background as opposed to the strong floral prints on black backgrounds.
Dye colors were also limited to violet, red or blue on a white or cream background, however the fine line work and artistic talent behind these patterns created a unique look that modern print mills have been unable to surpass.
Small floral patterns on a solid background were also common on ticking fabrics.
Colors used in eclectic living areas usually start with neutral tones as a background such white, gray, brown, and taupe.
Paint a background color on your surface - allow to dry.
Sometimes called by its full name Toile de Jouy, toile fabrics and wallpapers usually pair a light background with repeated scenes of people and animals in a pleasing outdoor setting.
Burn incense, use soft lighting and complete the ambiance with meditative music playing in the background.
Today toile usually consists of a white or off-white background upon which a repeating pattern of a pastoral countryside theme is repeated.
This fabric is a single red poppy on a crisp white background.
As a bonus, you can research the background of many popular plaids and find a historical connection to your family, community or a favorite hobby.
These make great wall colors and work as a lovely background to brighter more bold colors.
White also acts as a perfect background for almost any other color so it's very easy to accessorize.
The background elements are the best place to start in designing your mural.
You may use stencils to add other elements to the background such as grasses, pastures, tree lines, cityscapes, mountain range, and other elements.
If you have accent pieces, like pottery or ornate furniture, that you'd like to show off, keep the background of the room simple.
Create a circular medallion with a dark background color that will contrast the surrounding floor.
Choose a fabric with a background color that is repeated throughout the room, and with the image of the fleur de lis in a contrasting color.
This is usually set into either a black or white marble background.
To make the space seem larger, try using the same background color, or similar shades, throughout.
Select warm colors for the tiles and background to give a rich, deep look to the space.
Or, select a neutral background and use your favorite color along with the colors that adjoin it on the color wheel as bright accents against the neutral.