Sentences with phrase «background figure»

Examples of instruction like this can help students from diverse backgrounds figure out how to understand not only their first language but also their second language.

How does your own background figure into your work?

Most of the everyday negotiations between home and school were undertaken by mothers and, although fathers did attend the parents» evenings and were seen to bring children to school, they appeared as shadowy background figures in the school.

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

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.

While it pays homage to the sacred dimensions of the mountain, «Everest» falls short of acknowledging its locals, relegating the sherpas on the voyage to anonymous background figures.

But it also exhibits similarities with the graphic work of Sigmar Polke, who may perhaps be seen as an important background figure of German psychedelia.

Law firms are being challenged by Justice Minister Bridget Prentice to publish their diversity figures, showing their commitment to opening up the profession to people from all backgrounds

First, for the vast majority of Christians, including those most energetically engaged in dialogue, Jesus is not merely a background figure.

Robert, a lawyer, has been a background figure, emerging for family vacations and soccer games but otherwise somewhat preoccupied with work.

Jackie (Kat Steffens), wearing her blood - splattered pink Chanel suit, becomes little more than a background figure in the emergency room after the injured man is wheeled into the trauma unit of Parkland Hospital.

My dad is like a background figure who helps me out with some technical stuff, whereas my mom has a visual component to it.