One reason, as I've suggested above, is to provide readers with a better background for understanding my previous work.

The yeshiva provides its students with a strong background in Talmudic and Rabbinical studies.

One innovation was a weekly commentary on current events intended to provide listeners with a background to the news of the day.

His parents provided him with a strong educational background and bought him a commission in January 1740.

Modern equipment, school site working labs, and high level math and science courses provide students with a background to meet today's medical needs.

The program provides students with a background that prepares them for careers in embedded systems design, computer system operations, and systems support.

The Queen is provided with a brief background for each recipient by her equerry as they approach to receive their award.

If the school and community are in alignment it will provide the students with a well rounded background thus creating model citizens.

You could have called him, asked him to provide you with a background, as implausible as it may be.

The idea won faculty support by promising to provide students with a common background of ideas and by spanning compartmentalized disciplines.