Sentences with phrase «occurred against a background»

It is, of course, obvious that creativity occurs against a background and in that sense does «come from» something — where «come from» has reference to being understood in contrast to, and showing traces of past influences, that is, of past continuities and durations of a variety of sorts.

This, in turn, occurred against a background of global warming linked to rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

However, CD occurs against a background of family conflict and poor child - care.

Not exact matches

In many studies of human subjects the question of interest centers on whether a biological factor (disease state, treatment, host genotype etc.) results in a measurable difference on a gut bacterial community against the background of the naturally occurring differences among humans.

Of the naturally occurring variations, I am particularly fond of the «Miami» phase, which has deep red saddles against a slate gray background — this has also been selectively bred in captive populations to even further exaggerate these contrasting colors.

A similar pattern seems to have occurred during the 20th century too - short - term accelerations and decelerations against a background of long - term acceleration in sea level rise.

Nevertheless, against the background of the history of previous non-recognition; the subsequent respect accorded to native title by this Court and by the Federal Parliament; and the incontestable importance of native title to the cultural and economic advancement of indigenous people in Australia, it is not unreasonable or legally unusual to expect that any deprivations and extinguishment of native title, so hard won, will not occur under legislation of any Australian legislature in the absence of provisions that are unambiguously clear and such as to demonstrate plainly that the law in question has been enacted by the lawmakers who have turned their particular attention to the type of deprivation and extinguishment that is propounded.