Example sentences of "[is] set in " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is set in a quiet and sunny spot just 12 minutes walk from the village . |
| 32 | Each Club is set in spacious grounds with an adjacent sandy beach and all offer outstanding value for money proving a popular choice with our clients over a number of years . |
| 33 | The poem is set in the night and opens with ‘ … lonely Mira with her Head reclin 'd , / And mourn 'd the Sorrows of her helpless Kind ’ [ vol. 1 , p. 273 ] . |
| 34 | It is set in Peru where the stunt man has been making a movie . |
| 35 | All the dust is set in black rims , it reaches the edges of the paper . |
| 36 | Vargas Llosa 's The Time of the Hero , which is set in a Peruvian military academy where the cadets assume an ostentatious machismo as a survival strategy , oscillates between third-person narration and monologue ( interior and spoken ) to bring out the gulf between the boys ' public personae and their sensitive and vulnerable inner self , and to highlight how social intercourse distorts their personality by conditioning them to suppress their softer feelings . |
| 37 | My first novel , Necropolis , which is set in my home town of Glasgow , will be published this May . |
| 38 | Louis Malle 's moving , semi-autobiographical film is set in a provincial boarding school at Fontainebleu in the last months of World War Two ; twelve-year-old Quentin may be bright , but he does n't understand why new boy Jean Bornet should be so bullied by pupils and protected by teachers . |
| 39 | It is set in South Africa but is not primarily political and is not about apartheid ; however , it subtly reflects the racial and social strains in South African society . |
| 40 | This important wharf , originally lined with warehouses only recently demolished , is set in the very heart of the city amid colleges and shops . |
| 41 | It is set in the Lime Street parlour , where Coleridge sits by the ‘ low-burnt ’ parlour fire , and Hartley , his ‘ cradled infant ’ , sleeps beside him . |
| 42 | ‘ Cut and Dried ’ is set in a local hairdressing salon which is losing money fast . |
| 43 | Once the text is set in metal , corrections mean retyping a whole line . |
| 44 | In cases where a verbal ability test is set , it is set in English . |
| 45 | The amusing story spread like wild-fire through the district and tradition maintains that it impressed the fertile imagination of the young Robert Burns , who was nine years old at the time , and that he recalled the incident many years later when he was creating his masterpiece , the poem Tam O' Shanter , which is set in the ruined kirk . |
| 46 | Of his several works of fiction , the best known is the novel , The House with the Green Shutters , which is set in Ochiltree . |
| 47 | Thus , Bukharin argued , if total unproductive consumption is greater than the total surplus product/value regression is set in motion . |
| 48 | The too-long text is set in hard-to-read sanserif and the clincher headline reads : ‘ Honestly . |
| 49 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 50 | The historic town of Oundle , one of the most attractive market towns in the County , is set in a loop of the River Nene . |
| 51 | This mature Country Park covers an area of 123 acres and is set in the countryside surrounding a reservoir . |
| 52 | It is set in Bristol and is heavily autobiographical . |
| 53 | When setting a straight line of netting on level ground it is possible that one stake every 8 yards may be sufficient , but when a net is set in a circular shape the stakes will need to be closer together . |
| 54 | A Tea Garden , serving home made cakes , is set in one of the walled gardens . |
| 55 | This themed experience is set in a labyrinth of passages , caverns and secret chambers , 60 feet below ground ! |
| 56 | Built for George II 's mistress , Henrietta Howard ( later Countess of Suffolk ) in 1724–29 , this magnificent villa is set in open parkland by the Thames . |
| 57 | This beautiful monastic ruin is set in a deeply wooded valley by the River Rye . |
| 58 | The Smugglers Adventure is set in a labyrinth of caverns , tunnels and secret passages deep under the West Hill . |
| 59 | From the outside the hotel , which is set in beautiful gardens , looked very grand with its beamed exterior and red and cream brickwork . |
| 60 | It is set in the comfortable , relaxed and peaceful atmosphere of an attractive building in its own gardens on the edge of Porthmadog . |