The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.

Pay will be based on experience and educational background.

Students often study with music playing in the background, and people working around the house will usually turn on the television or radio to keep them company.

Let's get a picture of us with the sea in the background.

That shows his theoretical background.

There is a castle in the background of the picture.

It is very important to consider the cultural background of the family.

Note the function of the background layers of these graphic designs.

With this as background I turn now to an account of the present state of evolutionary biology.

The chameleon can take on the colors of its background.

He is always in the background.

No cultural background is necessary to understand art.

We have many things in common: hobbies, educational background, and so on.

Who is that man in the background of the picture?

From a humble background, John achieved worldwide fame.

Paint the trees against the background of the blue sky.

Red shows up well against a white background.

His background parallels that of his predecessor.

His humble background parallels that of his predecessor.

He explained the political background of the war on TV.

He has a background in business.

Her dress has white spots on a blue background.

She always prides herself on her academic background.

She is shy and always remains in the background.

His poor educational background was not a bar to his advancement.

Tracing a renegade's family background, you'll find him the black sheep.

Hit up on the D-pad, and the background music will change as the background itself becomes the Demon King's castle....

Hit up on the D-pad, and the background music will change as the background itself becomes the Demon King's castle....

Here's my flag for Nynorsk. Because the philosophy of Nynorsk is based on the maximum divergence from Danish, Danish background of the flag is to be replaced with Icelandic, because Icelandic served as inspiration for the language creators. The flag is not rectangular in form, because... Well, that Nynorsk is strange after all.

What slips in and out of view in the background is the real estate slump of recent years.

Remove the lower-most background layer.

Marrying someone from a different background or country will always be more problematic than marrying someone from your own.

You will need to bring two passport-sized photos of yourself taken with a white background.

Does your family background involve Chinese medicine?

He gives a background.

Music that doesn't transmit feelings, images, thoughts, or memories is just background noise.

If someone who doesn't know your background says that you sound like a native speaker, it means they probably noticed something about your speaking that made them realize you weren't a native speaker. In other words, you don't really sound like a native speaker.

Tom had his picture taken with Mt. Fuji in the background.

The background check on Tom turned up suspiciously little.

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.

This has no relevance to my background.

The CIA runs a thorough background check on all new employees.

The planning committee was commissioned to collect and analyze information. This will be the background for the definition of action, which will support the association to fulfill its mission.

There's a very sophisticated background.

Let's check Tom's background.

What's that noise I can hear in the background?

The portrait had a dark background.

I checked on Tom's background and he seems to be a well-respected man.

The default color of the desktop's background is blue.

I find a good way of testing myself is to enter the questions and answers into a spreadsheet; I enter the answers as white text on a white background so they are invisible unless the cell is selected and I can then read the answer in the formula bar.

Tom came from a poor background, but he later became quite rich.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Tom was from a humble background, but he became one of the richest men in the country.

She comes from a bourgeois background.

The Norwegian flag has a dark blue Nordic cross with white border on a red background, and it is from 1821.

It seems quiet, but it is very busy in the background.

I could hear them laugh in the background.

The President’s plan requires anyone who’s undocumented to get right with the law by paying their taxes and a penalty, learning English, and undergoing background checks before they can be eligible to earn citizenship.

We know their background.

Why don't you take some pictures of yourself with scenery of Boston in the background?

Did you do a background check?

I'll stay in the background.

I wanted to be with him and that is why I left my friends from the background.

Tom has some hearing loss and finds it difficult to hear speech when there's background noise.

In the late 1940s, George Gamow, a Russian-American physicist, conceived of the Big Bang theory as we know it today. He and his colleagues proposed that if a big bang had occurred, it would have left an afterglow, traces of background radiation that would still be present.

Dan has a lengthy criminal background.

The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)'s mission was to study the microwave sky in order to detect radiation emitted by the Big Bang.

I hear the hubbub of the children in the background.

Tom has a veterinary background.

A background check is required.

There's a stark difference in background and ideology between the two presidential candidates.

Tom has an interesting background.

Tom's background is in accounting.

Against the dark background of the atomic bomb, the United States does not wish merely to present strength, but also the desire and the hope for peace.

‘Creole’ means pertaining to people who are descended from a mixed European and African background, especially in the Caribbean islands, and their culture and cuisine, or the languages of these people or of others.

The TV blared in the background.

Tom could hear the television blaring in the background.

The Brazilian flag has a green background (alluding to the rainforest) with a yellow diamond (representative of gold and the country's wealth in mineral resources) in whose center a starry blue disc symbolizes the sky of the region, with the number of stars corresponding to the states of the federation. In the central belt is inscribed a motto of the country.

I come from a humble background.

Can you give me some background on Tom?

That's Tom in the background.

How did Tom ever pass a background check?

Tom and Mary sang background vocals.

To be honest, if you listen to jazz as background music, you're not getting much out of it.

I like to read with background music.

Layla comes from a strict religious background.

Sami needed some more background information about Layla.

The logic and necessity of the new generation — and what they are so furiously opposed to — must be seen against a background of what has gone wrong in America. It must be understood in light of the betrayal and loss of the American dream, the rise of the Corporate State of the 1960's, and the way in which that State dominates, exploits, and ultimately destroys both nature and man. Its rationality must be measured against the insanity of existing "reason" — reason that makes impoverishment, dehumanization, and even war appear to be logical and necessary. Its logic must be read from the fact that Americans have lost control of the machinery of their society, and only new values and a new culture can restore control. Its emotions and spirit can be comprehended only by seeing contemporary America through the eyes of the new generation.

Tom has a background in construction.

Tom has a background in business.

I'd prefer not to receive any pictures of fairies being impaled on a unicorn's horn while clowns on unicycles laugh in the background.

Sami faded into the background.

Sami listened to the recording and heard a man's voice in the background.

I still can't understand you. Can you turn off the background noise?

The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc. There, outlined as black as an ebony statue on that shining background, I saw the figure of a man upon the tor.

Jazz music was playing in the background.

Sami speaks Arabic but he has a Turkish background.

Sami checked into Layla's background.

Taking a photo with the trees in the background.

Sami was the background man.

I could hear dogs barking in the background.