Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] set in the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The hotel has a sun terrace and swimming pool set in the peaceful and tranquil gardens on the lakeside . |
2 | They slipped like shadows through the great doorway of the Lady 's Tower , and along a dark stone passage to a low oak door set in the inner wall . |
3 | Who was I to be taking on a contender like Thomas Carter , a management consultant and the owner-occupier of a £500,000 property set in the accessible Arcadia of Boars Hill ? |
4 | Behind the town lie the Pwllycrochan Woods and the famous Welsh Mountain Zoo set in the beautiful Flagstaff Gardens , home of the Zoological Society of Wales . |
5 | This is a US pot-boiler set in the Old West of Oregon , where Chinese girl Lalu , played by the luminous Rosalind Chao , has been sold to a brother keeper but feistily refuses to play ball . |
6 | These claims may be inflated for Crockett and Tubbs , but they do suggest strengths in Mann 's latest project , The Last Of The Mohicans , an American adventure story set in the 18th Century , written in the 19th and now given an energy forgotten by all but a few '90s action directors . |
7 | Whatever happens , the government will not be able to meet its target of introducing eco-labelling by the end of 1991 — the target date set in the Environmental Protection Bill . |