| A fabrication woven from fear, anxiety, fantasy and myth formed the backcloth for the initial encounter between Europeans and Africans. |
| A craggy hill, criss-crossed by the sheep paths of centuries, forms the city's backcloth. |
| In these circumstances scenery was possible, though usually restricted to a backcloth and drapes, but there was no acting. |
| The trip takes place against a backcloth of increasing economic stability, regional integration and trade liberalization in Latin America. |
| The difference of expert opinion nonetheless forms an important backcloth to the submissions made on the claimant's behalf. |
| The background is no incidental backcloth for the staging of the figure's magnificence. |
