"background" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He opted for Women in Love because of its mining background and the fact that the story focuses on four characters, a suitably economic cast for a small-scale touring company.
- Allen was born on 5 May 1901 in Altofts, West Yorkshire and was brought up in a mining background, which was typical of the area at the time.
- Kaplan wanted aged, worn and rugged clothes for the Romulans because of their mining backgrounds, and found some greasy looking fabrics at a flea market.
- In 1934 Moran was sent by Oswald Mosley to south Wales due in large part to his mining background, following advice from J.F.C. Fuller that the BUF should target areas by sending organisers that the local population could identify with.
- The workers, most of whom had a mining background, expressed a common superstition that a woman brought bad luck to a mine.
- Many wanted to capitalize on the area's mining background, but Wallace, a few miles to the east, had already cornered that market.
- He is from a tough mining background in Colombia.
- From a mining background, Barratt was a right-arm fast bowler who, according to Wisden, combined "swerve with his pace".
- The SDSM&T athletic teams are called the Hardrockers, coming from its mining background.
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