When the black color splashed against the background, it created definition and a sense of space.
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Block also took some sharp images Tuesday against the background of a colorful twilight.
It is also important to judge the religious-moral vote against the background of American religiosity in general.
He stood in a severe-looking suit against the background of a brown stage.
The violence is also taking place against the background of the run-up to Kosovo's parliamentary elections, due in the autumn.
But, just like the failed settlement in Washington, it can be understood only against the background of the wider tobacco war.
But the potential impact and importance of these genetic changes must be viewed against the background of what occurs continuously in nature.
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The budget came against the background of a sharp contraction in economic activity, far greater than that experienced in other euro-area countries.
Just one, uncannily red, glowing against the background of an unusually clear sky on this day when none of the factories were running.
This comes against the background of a huge financial crisis in 2008, which later fed into the eurozone debt crisis that is still unresolved.
Against the background of the appreciation of the yen and the relaxation of trade restrictions, imports of finished products to Japan have expanded rapidly.
At one level that may be true this time too, but against the background of the expenses scandal, voters are harder to be persuaded.
Sometimes statistics simply look great against the background of catastrophic decline.
The book, a series of interlocking stories set against the background of the US music industry, jumps around in time from the punky 1970s to the near-future.
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Against the background of pundits worrying about a clash of civilisations, the descendant of the Prophet Muhammad has spent much of the past week schmoozing evangelical Christians.
"We believe it actually shows there is only a small risk to any one individual against the background of conditions that exist with or without Vioxx, " says Frazier.
Any pressures on spending should be seen against the background of a long-term increase in student numbers, he says - with "more students than ever before in our history".
His comments came against the background of the government's 2010 strategic defence and security review (SDSR) which introduced an 8% cut in defence funding and reductions of 30, 000 personnel.
Sources tell me they were encouraged to go by the other non-executives, against the background of concerns from shareholders that the performance of the huge drug company has been disappointing.
They did so against the background of grim predictions of climate change in the next century, including the possibility that the world's forests could themselves become producers rather than consumers of carbon dioxide.
"The global economic environment continues to be very favorable, but our colleagues will be interested in the health of the United States economy, especially against the background of developments in the subprime mortgage sector, " says Treasury Undersecretary Timothy Adams.
In this image, Rodenbach rises up against the twilit background of the Flemish city of Bruges, whose medieval houses and towers stand above its immemorial canals.
Worse still is the intimidation of liberal activists which is set against the grim background of the unsolved murder on November 20th in St Petersburg of Galina Starovoitova, one of Russia's best-known reformers.
The panel quality is especially noticeable when you view the Windows 8 Start Screen: tiles pop out in true, bright hues against the vibrant background.
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The dispute comes against a background of tension between the royal colleges and PMETB, which was set up in 2005 by the government, to which it reports.
The influential Pisa test rankings, published by the OECD, put Massachusetts as the highest performing US state - but against a background in which the US has become an educational underachiever.
The UK and US covers differ, however both feature an image of the Italian poet Dante - whom Brown said inspired his latest work - and are set against a background of the city of Florence.
Downton Abbey is what George Gilder would call the entropic disruption to the background noise of revolt against the old world.
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Against that background, the party should be doing far, far better this year than it looks like doing.
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