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A massive cloud formation was the backdrop of the stage
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‘How about up on the foredeck?’ I suggested, ‘We can have the sunset as a backdrop
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Hand-embroidered bed covers, chair covers, head covers, shirts and blouses of the national costume all decorated the yard, set off by a backdrop of rolling sea on one side and rolling hills on the other
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They chose as the backdrop for the portrait the grand gateway into the Lodge's grounds
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backdrop to the distant hills so picturesque that it’s almost
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The aircraft was black, colorless, and blended into the backdrop of the
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there before us was the lake - its backdrop of cliffs and
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Several feet away, the hooded figure and the demon fought, a pair of silhouettes dancing against the backdrop of a red horizon
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Its exterior could also be decorated as a backdrop to the comedies and tragedies
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Herold reflected upon the theoretical backdrop Of her various “thinking machines” working components
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The sun was bright in the sky, fierce against the striking blue backdrop
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what with the oak and evergreen trees serving as a backdrop
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Golden gates and multicolored hangings acted as a backdrop for palm trees, waving in the sudden breeze
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” We stood on the fire step and looked out into the night we could see red and green signal flares arcing up into the sky and bursting into beautiful patterns that were highlighted against the backdrop of the night
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excitement over his numerous talents seemed rather frenetic against the backdrop of adult conversation, like a child recalling a trip to Grandma’s house or Disneyland
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It was quite a way from the Banter Mountain range but seemed to compliment them, using them as a dramatic backdrop
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In the skies high above Fire Rock, the storm seethed and boiled around itself as lightning painted sizzling images on a backdrop of black clouds
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Nature, on his side, provided the perfect backdrop: above the Caribbean, purple clouds edged with the pinks of sunset drifted lazily
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before me, against the backdrop of green fields that passed by
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The backdrop of blue sky and white clouds skittered by, around and around some more; and we were climbing again
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It was 8:30pm by the time Ingrid booked in, as low clouds pushed across the mountain backdrop
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The bay only spans a half kilometre of soft sand with a backdrop of tropical vegetation covering the high cliffs
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Spice put the Range Rover into gear and we made our way out of Mount Hebron Cemetery with the summer sun as our backdrop
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Earlier still in the backdrop of prehistory there seem to have been animal attributes representing powers that Man recognized that he lacked, but had yearned for, over the eons of his rise from out of that natural order that had incubated him
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The backdrop was
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against the cavernous backdrop of the inner Plate
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He turned left and in the distance, set against the backdrop of a clear spring sky,
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with the backdrop of an overgrown abandoned petrol station in the desert read Process
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continuously searching the backdrop for traces of movement
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backdrop of the cliffs
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Because the last twenty-four years seem so unreal against the backdrop of last night
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Below: The outdoor musical drama “Texas” with the Palo Duro Canyon as a backdrop, has drawn millions of visitors from across the world in its forty-five year history
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Against a backdrop of God’s roaring rumble, my hair dripped and I was soaked to the bone, so was he, I realised
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He almost looked like a real angel with the backdrop of the rising morning sun and calm waves crashing on the shore
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In addition, with its “vaulted roof shells” that rise like “billowing sails against the harbor backdrop”, it is considered one of the architectural wonders of the modern world
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Since true illusion exists only against the backdrop of the real, then without the real, we
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Against the backdrop
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A columnist for Pravda, as reported in the New York Post on May 28, 2009, mocked the United States writing: “It must be said that, like breaking of a great dam, the American descent into Marxism is happening with breathtaking speed, against the backdrop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I mean people
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Between the spaces of my arms, and against the backdrop
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She traveled, she attended seminars, she found it necessary to be social with business friends, often using their home as a backdrop while he—lacking their particular interests, so remote from engineering- began to see himself as a fifth wheel
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The bright green circle of moss under their feet created a vivid contrast against the white backdrop
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standable in this context that research into the brain against the backdrop
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plate body contains all the forms that were generated within the backdrop
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With the blue sky as a backdrop, the vista was vivid, yet calming
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Grover stood framed in the doorway against a backdrop of pouring rain
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Her white hair in halo with the backdrop of her hat blocking the faces behind her
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One’s ‘amazement’ lasted all of two minutes before the lights became merely a backdrop scarcely more interesting than street lighting
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Elegant Roman columns on a small hill against a backdrop of the azure Mediterranean
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The backdrop of Star Trek, for example, is an Earth that has achieved a harmonious, healthy global society--one that enables and encourages space exploration
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The youth laughed at his own silliness, bravely raised his arms exposing an erection that no one commented on, and followed the finest pair of buttocks he could imagine down the narrow winding track overhung by trees to a sunny beach, pool, and its dense forest backdrop
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The curtains parted; there was a realistic backdrop of flames, in front of which stood a form completely wrapped in a red cloak
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It was against this backdrop that Matthew and Ellen were to celebrate the happiest day of their lives
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They drove the road to the south of Sligo Bay to the backdrop of the Ox Mountains
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Jonathan looked toward the ocean where Philip waved for him, his beautiful body glowing in the late afternoon sunlight against the backdrop of cobalt blue water
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The drugs gave her a glow, she glowed with the street lights, with a darker than normal backdrop
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Beyond, there were another million lights, a diamond studded backdrop of North Vancouver
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As it was the coast road, I'd naively expected an ocean view for my journey, but it was not to be: it was an endless tree lined road with a backdrop of numerous hotels and businesses stretching on forever
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When the first artificial satellite of earth slipped across a backdrop of stars on October 4, 1957, it was heralded in the United States not as a triumph of science and technology, but a bold, startling challenge to America’s ideological standing in the world community of nations
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The sky was full of billowy cumulus clouds that moved ever so slowly across the expansive backdrop of gradient blues
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It was another beautiful cloudless day and, despite all else that was happening, the staggering beauty of the Welsh coastline, mountainous backdrop and beautiful countryside in the growing light of the dawn that day overwhelmed her
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Such admonitions serve as the backdrop for
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battle, provided a troublesome backdrop for the GNU Project
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The whitish granite of the column is at first largely invisible against the backdrop of the mist, giving this strange, holy man the appearance of levitating
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To Chance, this raw landscape provided an excellent backdrop to secure a private setting for a potential sexual encounter with Brandy
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The passing fishermen, with their salty bait, added to the rustic ambiance of the shimmering sea backdrop
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For a moment, Jose could see the cruising reef sharks fill the scene's backdrop, but he managed to emerge from the tunnel, unaware of what Mitchell had planned
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His small frame was outlined against the dimly lit backdrop of the corridor and gave the illusion that he was also merely a shadow that coincidentally resembled a young man in his late teens
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snow-capped mountains rising high for a backdrop and tall pines in the
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Glancing up to the second floor, he could see the silhouette of a tall man against the backdrop of the glass wall overlooking the swash and the beach beyond
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In many ways what’s been mentioned so far is just a backdrop to the main focus of chapter 8 which
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To his right a dark wall of native bush boasted silence and ahead the homestead set against a midnight blue backdrop and sprayed with an abundance of sparkling luminaries said welcome home
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itself, forgetting that it is placed against a backdrop of the zodiac,
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There, almost 36,000 kilometres away, hung planet Earth, incredibly beautiful, and also oddly small and frail against the endless black backdrop of the Universe, with billions of tiny humans clinging on to its surface, not knowing, or maybe not caring about, what dangers lurked overhead
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backdrop of the sky
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Thanks, Billy,” acknowledged Stan, and Billy drifted to the backdrop
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He pushed the sultry voice of Nancy back into the backdrop of his mind, unable to suppress it
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There was enough room on the big rock for the both of them and they sat on top of it under the sunlight with the sound of trickling water providing a backdrop for their conversation
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It is no longer necessary to hide ourselves…” As the voice continued, the lighted backdrop dimmed, and the man speaking, came into clear view
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pretty and as a backdrop there was a brilliant firework display, but the
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In the backdrop of the riots and charges of conspiracy being made against the chief minister’s office, Modi needed someone in the home ministry who would be totally faithful to him
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The biblical visitation of Mary to Elizabeth creates the backdrop
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It was in Meerut in February 2014, a rally that was taking place against the backdrop of the riots in the neighbouring district of Muzaffarnagar
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against a backdrop of the exclusion of
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destination and is set against the backdrop
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In front of me I could see the Boulders’ drum kit, a backdrop of large screens stretching behind it
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Now with that, as the backdrop of form and function, I want you to look at this
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There, with the backdrop of the city and the
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As the chief anchor prattled on about some highly strange news he proceeded to regularly flap his wings into the lighting equipment while accidentally thrashing his gnarled body against the cardboard backdrop
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In the center of the eyes, clearly set against the black backdrop of the pupil, she saw a boy suspended in midair
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Tyler lifted a finger for them to wait and put her head together with Mitch Campbell over some plans for their inn backdrop
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Frankie painted his whole face black, the only thing that stood out, was the whites that surrounded his two blue eyes, and it sparkled against the backdrop of black
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The hills and trees of the backdrop stood out in sharp shadow against the sheet
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The whole backdrop of the case is that I was representing my boss, the
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could have chosen a more beautiful backdrop if they tried
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With the planets up in the sky as a backdrop, these
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They held each other without trepidation or fear of losing the other again, and kissed as the party below added a raucous backdrop to their otherwise serene entanglement
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With the depot as a backdrop, the judge donned his robe and sat at behind the bench
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My mind wandered away from the reality of the night as the story unfolded against a backdrop of the Three Graces Lake I had visited with Phillipe
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The lights went out, and barely came up to focus on a cemetery backdrop, with a shadowy figure digging a grave
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the page backdrop that contends with the foreground text