Sentences with phrase «as background figures»

Themes recur and develop, major characters in one tale reappear as background figures in another.

Not exact matches

In order to figure out why, the researchers ruled out a number of possibilities by controlling for variables such as family background and health.

Attention is a fluid experience, in which background and foreground can reverse suddenly, as in the case of ambiguous figures such as the twin human profiles which «turn into» the outline of a chalice.

The overall style of Sleeping Beauty is also more modern than that of the older Disney fairy tales; both figures and backgrounds are somewhat sharp edged and angular, in the manner of 1950s commercial art, rather than softly rounded as in the earlier films.

Thus all of the pre-Abrahamic Biblical figures are a part of Islam's background as well as of the Hebrews», and he makes constant use of those who came after Abraham and who had a significant part in developing the Hebrew faith.

Moreover, in a follow - up comment a few sentences later, the field - metaphor also figures: «the world of actual entities is to be conceived as forming a background in layers of social order, the defining characteristics becoming wider and more general as we widen the background» (90).

For stories to be told of him as a rabbi, the picture of his actual work as a teacher of the Law must have been distinctly impressed on their memory; later it was gradually thrust into the background by the figure of the Messiah.

The ghostly blue color which pervades the background contributes to this feeling, as it lends its tone to the sky, the sea, the beach, and the clothing which cloaks the figures.

I could hear the sound of a calculator in the background as Joe said, «You'll need five to ten pounds per acre — figure an average of eight pounds per acre at $ 25 a pound, times a hundred acres --»

McCurry described Barack Obama as being able to bring people together across boundaries of attitudes, interests, background and demographics through the power of the idea of «change,» though I'd also argue that a major part of the connection was personal — people were drawn to the figure of Obama himself.

A wobble is perceived as our brain tries to figure out where the shape ends and the background begins.

As U.S. senators are considering whether to support background checks on people purchasing guns, Shermer uses simple figures to debunk a number of popular arguments used to oppose gun control.

Importantly, we found a high degree of overlap between these two metrics of differentiation (102 overlapping regions)(Table S3) and most differentiated regions were well demarcated (i.e. appearing as single peaks surrounded by background levels of much lower differentiation; Figure 2).

As expected, treatment of HV cultures with PD173034 suppresses background levels of PrEn differentiation at the level of Gata6 and Nanog transcription (Figure 6A).

Second, it is clear from Figure 7A that a significant load of deleterious mutations (as is required by background selection) exists in A. thaliana.

If the statement didn't have a creepy background, I'd have that as the subject and not explain it (if she's really a Family Guy fan she'll figure it out).

Daniel Bruhl («Rush») plays a loosely adapted version of supervillain Baron Helmut Zemo, portrayed here as a shadowy but un-costumed background figure with obviously nefarious plans for a certain Avenger.

As Dixon plops the body in a car, we see a train far above him, high in the background of a gorgeously forbidding cityscape, briefly stopping in its tracks, priming us to assume that it will eventually somehow figure in the cop's inevitable comeuppance.

Gay in that it has an entire sequence dedicated to Lorraine beating an apartment full of men with a rubber hose as «Father Figure» plays in the background.

The way she holds a spoon as she eats cereal with such white - knuckled intensity you'd think it was her last meal; the angle of her jaw when she steps onto the ice, facing judges she knows loathe the transparency of her working - class background; and the tender hurt in her eyes when she confronts a judge in the parking lot about her score, and learns that no matter her skill, her inability to live up to the proper, soft standard for women in figure skating would bar her from the adoration she yearned for.

As for Dusty's new wife (played by Alessandra Ambrosio) and stepdaughter (played by Didi Costine), they're basically background players, always busy with a notepad and a phone respectively — lest the screenwriters attempt to figure out something to do with characters who don't allow them to copy what they've already done.

It is noted not only that he had the same birthday as Lincoln (Lincoln was a particular favorite of the immigrant press — he was because of his humble background seen by the immigrants as a welcoming figure who valued their contribution to America), but also that in his will «Kosciusko requested that the large tracts of land he received for his service in the Revolutionary War be used to help end slavery.»

Commenting on the figures, Teach First's CEO Brett Wigdortz said, «Every parent wants the best for their child, but as the costs of housing have soared over the years, parents from low - income backgrounds face an unequal choice to ensure that their children's school offers what's best for them.

Dr Lee Elliot Major, director of research at the Sutton Trust, said the figures suggested that grammars were not enrolling as many academically able pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds as they could do.

Students talked about how important it was to feel loved and cared for by adults in the school, how they needed teachers and staff who could relate to their cultural backgrounds and not just act as authoritative figures for four years.

I am arguing that grammar schools should do outreach, like those in the King Edward VI group, and ensure that the figure increases from 3 % so that children from deprived backgrounds can get in and genuinely do well, which is not happening as much as it should.

As SLJ went on to say: «The artwork vibrates with emotion; even the simplest pieces, showing torn - paper figures on a solid background, capture the powerful bond between parent and child.»

After reading the book, if I didn't have prior background knowledge, I would be scratching my head to figure out how I could reliably pick investments in a trend following mode in order to make significant excess profits, as well as know where to sell them.

The holy dogs were given to the emperors of China as tribute gifts and surely figure in the backgrounds of many of the Chinese breeds.

Martin is best known for representing such high - profile clients as Michael Vick, NBA players Allen Iverson and Jayson Williams, former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, Monica Lewinsky, and former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, though his background includes a stint at the U.S. Attorney's office «where he quickly rose up the ranks, prosecuting drug dealers, politicians, white collar criminals, corporations, corrupt cops, and organized crime figures.»

The audio is no slouch either as we get some nice background music that doesn't intrude on the puzzling but that still sounds good to the ear when you're just sitting with a frown on your face because you can't figure out where to find a digestive for a demon pig.

Here I took a short rest to investigate the newly designed inventory screen, but through the transparent background of the item menu I noticed three glowing red figures appear as if from nowhere at the other end of the room.

If Minecraft were an X Factor contestant we'd all be marveling over its «journey» as emotionally manipulative music played in the background and chunkily pixelated figures congratulated each other in slow motion on the screen.

This version of the figure is painted entirely green as a tribute to the character's signature green outfit, which indicates her military background.

Some of the puzzles can be difficult to figure out, and the items that you can interact with aren't always obvious, especially when they are remastered, as they can blend into the backgrounds.

(An example of the strange disconnection from reality that pervaded last year's show: The Wii U console itself was barely even shown, primarily seen as a small figure in the background of photos touting the system's controller.)

The drones dance across the sky in formation in the twilight as the sounds of the centuries - old instruments resonate in the background while the immovable mountain, an ancient figure of Japan, looms over in the backdrop.

They're pretexts for Katz to try out color combinations, and to place figures first against neutral (usually off - white) backgrounds, then against even fields of saturated color, and finally to cut away the backgrounds entirely, presenting the figures as freestanding cutouts.

Foreground, background, and figure often merge, as if the subject is expanding into, yet also constrained by, the frame of the painting.

But in the background of this stunning tableau, if you meditate closely on the painting, you will see a portrait of a powerful, other - worldly female figure, almost larger than life, with large bright eyes, wearing a turban, sharply observing everything, as if she herself were keeping all the other elements in balance, in some mystical powerful way.

Thompson flattens and simplifies his images, as if a steamroller had run over the figures and pressed them into the landscape backgrounds.

Soft and milky colors provide background for the luminous skin tones Semmel captures, as figure and ground merge.

The deep electric - blue background of Composition, for example, is so thick it looks lacquered, yet the rainbow - colored mass in the foreground is so lightly painted you can see flecks of raw canvas, as though the figure were hollowed out of the ground rather than imposed on top of it.

With a nod to the long lost divide between abstraction and figuration their divergent works take positions of figure, foreground, background, and architecture as a scene of unrelated moments forced into dialogue.

Paramount for all three artists was the strong «itch» to experiment with various techniques, as well as a shared consideration of the figure as interwoven into the textured background of a painting.

The artist, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, paints unadorned coastal scenes, pared down to pale washes over carbon - dark backgrounds, as well as figures drawn from dance: in this case, the works of the British choreographer Frederick Ashton.

On the other hand, both parts of Black in the Abstract make it perfectly clear that, on the whole, the quality of the work being produced by black artists whose practices include abstraction — as the inclusion of Hammons, McMillian and Donnett indicate, not everyone here is an «abstract painter» — does not suffer in comparison with that of their colleagues of other backgrounds, including major figures like Amy Sillman and Charline von Heyl, both of whom have work in Arning's Painting: A Love Story.

He often used a skull - like figure of a head as a dominant element in many of his works, rarely against such a complex background as this work thathas many drawings of other works and a great deal of texture and energy.

The result is pictures with elusive narratives, in which isolated figures and sparse landscapes are given equal weight as the abstract, painterly background.

Titled My modeor voor sy my was (My mother before she became my mother)(est. $ 600,000 - $ 800,000), it presents a searing, ethereal vision of maternal femininity, warm and pure, the figure brandishing a handful of white flowers and emerging from a background of vegetal greens and ochres as if from the ether of a dream.