Example sentences of "[noun pl] set in " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you may know the Cardinal has already taken steps to set in train a thorough investigation into the moral implications of the Law Lords ' decision . |
| 2 | There are , two , not unsuccessful private-eye stories by British authors set in America such as Basil Copper 's Mike Faraday books about an authentic-seeming Los Angeles and , earlier , the books of the prolific James Hadley Chase with a whole variety of heroes . |
| 3 | These form a larger group than fabliaux set in the country , largely in villages , although the latter group is still a substantial one . |
| 4 | Prestige developments , particularly Abingdon Marina , which is now well advanced into its 5th phase offers a comprehensive choice of quality waterside homes set in idyllic tranquil surroundings . |
| 5 | 8 country-style shops set in beautiful gardens . |
| 6 | The attractions include the Roman walls , the castle , the cathedral , the racecourse , the zoo and the famous ‘ Rows ’ ( shops set in a seventeenth- and eighteenth-century environment ) . |
| 7 | The elegant plans , in indian ink on vellum , which he presented to his clients , showed his proposed alterations to the landscape , often with serpentine lakes whose ends were concealed in woodland , with single trees and clumps set in parkland and with tree belts around the boundary , often with a ‘ ride round the Improvements ’ winding through them . |
| 8 | The view from the Beech 99 explained everything about the area and its needs — vast numbers of small lakes set in an almost tundra-like expanse of scrub and woodland . |
| 9 | The former actor and TV documentary director had made his feature film debut with A Kind of Loving ( 1962 ) followed by Billy Liar ( 1963 ) , two modest pictures set in accurate British working-class surroundings , which introduced fresh , young players such as Alan Bates , Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie . |
| 10 | Jonadab 's lips set in a straight line and his brows drew together in a frown . |
| 11 | Her hair was screwed into a ballerina chignon and her wooden lips set in a smile of excessive sweetness . |
| 12 | His lips set in a snarl . |
| 13 | There are two more branches of the much-divided tree of crime fiction that we ought to glance at in our discussion of books set in the past . |
| 14 | He has written novels and travel books set in Latin America , Africa , the Caribbean , India and Europe ; what he has to say about any country is worth reading . |
| 15 | Leila , his girlfriend , has John Lennon 's other pair of glasses , but behind her pair are sparkling eyes set in a face that is always cheerful . |
| 16 | With a roar , it began to come their way , searching with its closed dead eyes set in the grotesque moving head . |
| 17 | Her glance slid from this face to the other and she found herself observed by pale eyes set in bloated white flesh . |
| 18 | Neat black hair , with dark intense eyes set in a handsome sunburnt face . |
| 19 | Of Jewish descent , he is a big man in every sense , powerfully built , with deep dark eyes set in a craggy , lined face and an Albert Schweitzer moustache . |
| 20 | The shock of red hair , the puckish , mobile face and preternaturally bright eyes set in an expression of mocking amusement all conspired to lend Malcolm McLaren a Mephistophelean air . |
| 21 | One of the giant owls of the region , about the size of an Eagle Owl ( p. 177 ) , but with longer tail , rounder head and no ear tufts , smaller yellow eyes set in a facial disc with concentric dark rings , and a black patch on the chin . |
| 22 | Of indeterminate age , he had moist grey eyes set in a pale , thin face . |
| 23 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 24 | His face was thin and you saw those strange blue-coloured eyes set in the darkness of his skin . |
| 25 | A new Sustainable Development Commission , subject to approval by the UN General Assembly , would monitor progress towards the goals set in Rio . |
| 26 | These may range from circular huts set in a farmyard , with small closes dating from the Ornamental Horizon of the Middle Bronze Age , through the hill-fort ‘ village ’ of the Iron Age , first-century Roman villa with outbuildings , to much later structures up to , and sometimes including , the twentieth century . |
| 27 | On other pages , she had seen a village of huts set in the lee of a bluff , where mothers — Italian mothers with babies on their laps — were sitting in the sun on chairs , just like at home . |
| 28 | By and large timekeeping was restored to the excellent precedents set in June , writes JAKE RAYMOND . |
| 29 | He surely recollects the precedents set in the steel and coal industries , in which the Community was involved in Europewide initiatives to limit the impact of the decline in demand for the products of the companies concerned . |
| 30 | Horsedrawn trams were introduced in 1882 , using rail-lines set in the middle of the main roads — in Chiswick , from the foot of Kew Bridge — just in front of the ‘ Star & Garter ’ inn — to Hammersmith Broadway . |