Sentences with phrase «move against a backdrop»

The play's main plotlines move against the backdrop of the 2012 American election — Romney's «binder full of women» gaffe gets a mention — and the decline of print and photojournalism in the age of the internet and cameraphones.

Combined with the LSST's special three - mirror design, which offers an exceptionally wide field of view, this camera will enable researchers to study the fundamental properties of dark energy and dark matter and take snapshots of objects that quickly change or move against the backdrop of the sky, including exploding stars and near - Earth asteroids.

Well, exactly what we were expecting in the sense that we couldn't really have predicted how price would move against a backdrop of a substantial degree of volatility.

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The real significance of the Google Patent Starter Program is instead more subtle, and should be seen against the backdrop of other moves Google is undertaking to change the economic incentives that have made patents such a problem for the tech sector in the first place.

Against that backdrop, Washington and London have been moving together for months to publicize allegations of other malicious cyberactivities by the Kremlin.

The move comes against the backdrop of an increasingly standardized industry.

Against the backdrop of a slowdown in economic growth, the People's Bank of China cut its benchmark policy rates on 21 November after local markets had closed - the first such move since July 2012.

Against this backdrop, we are moving from an overweight to a neutral posture in residential mortgage - backed securities (MBS).

I was, however, deeply moved this weekend when I saw President Obama speaking against a backdrop that included the Edmund Pettus Bridge, an icon that symbolizes one of America's past and ongoing tensions.

Against that backdrop, U21 captain Tom Thorpe's exit was an abrupt and inexplicable move.

A charming and moving depiction of love and secrecy, set against the rural backdrop of a 1920s Welsh village.

His comment is against the backdrop of concerns raised by tertiary students who say they will resist moves by government to make them pay for utilities.

Against the backdrop of recent moves by ex-militant fighters in the Niger Delta to resurrect the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) has called on the federal government to ensure that the full wrath of the law is brought to bear on any individual or group that wants to engineer crisis in the country.

«Through this move, the chancellor will lose about # 1bn a year in duty and VAT income, but tens of thousands of people will be saved from being forced to give up their cars against a backdrop of generally rising running costs.»

Experience Shakespeare's classic tale of love and tragedy in an entirely new setting as the tale of + Romeo and Juliet plays out against the backdrop of the Latin barrio in this moving crime drama from director Paul Wynne.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS An American Affair (R for profanity and sexuality) Coming - of - age drama, set in 1963 against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis, about the forbidden relationship which blossoms between a lonely 13 year - old (Cameron Bright) and the stunningly - beautiful divorcee (Gretchen Mol) who moves in next - door.

Lucy and her two children have left New York and their (married to someone else) father behind to move to a close - knit community in Washington D.C., against the backdrop of the Watergate scandal.

Like Nadine Gordimer and J. M. Coetzee, Fugard has written a profoundly moving family drama, subtly set against the backdrop of a country in turmoil.

Against this economic backdrop, we believe developed market stocks will advance and investors will be rewarded for moving up the risk spectrum into equities, credit and alternative asset classes.

Against this backdrop, the S&P 500 is traversing its former range, capped by resistance matching the 2017 peak (2,695) and the 50 - day moving average.

Against this backdrop, the S&P 500 has narrowly survived a retest of the 200 - day moving average, building on a bullish reversal pattern early Friday.

Against this backdrop, the S&P 500 has violated its 50 - day moving average, while thus far maintaining major support matching the 2017 peak.

Their basic color is often a good enough cover against the backdrops they typically frequent, but if one moves a chameleon from a tree to a solid background of a different color, they will not strive to match it at all.

Various moves will see the brawl switch a quick cinematic - style camera view to properly frame the action against the 3D backdrop.

Against this backdrop, having left Japan and moved to Germany where she continued developing her practice, Kashihara acquired an interest in the «distance» between the internal and the external.

Between two and four dancers move slowly in not terribly tight black tights, against a backdrop of bare walls and Eshkol's own tapestries, neither altogether in unison nor altogether alone.

Juxtaposing truisms against stable, but living or lively, backdrops would invite comparisons to seasoned conceptual artists such as Jenny Holzer, Alfredo Jaar, Christopher Wool, or Gillian Wearing; Benjamin and Brunkalla's inception, however, accelerates textual art into the moving image.

Although still offering a fuller programme for paid members and relying on members» support to fulfil its charitable mission, the Contemporary Art Society's move to become more public - facing is set against a backdrop of recent cuts to arts funding in the UK and intends to provide greater advocacy and support for the visual arts nationally, especially at a regional level.

Starting with images of the river valley in its pristine state and moving through the various stages of construction, these photographs attempt to signal the project's inevitability by offering us a semblance of continuity, positioning the deconstruction of the landscape and construction of the dam against the backdrop of the ancient Chinese landscape.

Against this backdrop of a speedily diversifying, fast - paced business environment, to earn the reputation of a trusted legal adviser, a change in the cultural mindset of law firms is required, moving towards relationship management.

The move comes against the backdrop of several chit fund firms duping people of thousands of crores

The success of the move perfectly reflects two of Frazier's secrets: developing a coordinated team that can execute seamlessly against very specific targets, and having the right song as the backdrop.

The campaign represents the biggest and boldest marketing initiative in realtor.com ®'s nearly 20 - year history and unfolds against the backdrop of a marketplace that has been seismically altered by the recent acquisition of Move by News Corp and the merger of competitors Zillow and Trulia.