Example sentences of "be set in " in BNC.
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| 31 | A new world record has been set in the Central South region . |
| 32 | He said children playing at the scene had been warned to stay away from the posts until they had been set in concrete . |
| 33 | Tough targets have been set in quality and service levels and everyone has had to adapt to new ways of doing things . |
| 34 | Today , the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the church , Abbot 's House and Infirmary are set in an attractive , wooded park — though surrounded by an incongruous mass of streets and factories . |
| 35 | Says Kieslowski : ‘ The stories are set in Warsaw , the pictures made in Poland , but the situations described are universal . |
| 36 | The spectacular Botanical Gardens in Edgbaston with their tropical glasshouses , giant lily pool and fantastic palms are set in acres of landscaped grounds just minutes from the city centre . |
| 37 | They are set in a peaceful location only one kilometre from some of the most fantastic sand dunes in the Canaries and a short bus ride from the heart of the nightlife of Playa Del Ingles . |
| 38 | The apartments are set in 1500 square metres of grounds featuring a lovely swimming pool . |
| 39 | These traditional villages are set in some of the most beautiful Austrian scenery we know . |
| 40 | HCI Clubs are set in spacious grounds and many have their own private beaches . |
| 41 | Sartre had initially been attracted to her work because it seemed to demonstrate his own concern with the inauthenticity of human relationships , yet he would later reject her fiction simply on the basis that her novels are set in an upper-middle-class Parisian milieu . |
| 42 | Songs are set in everyday situations and many listeners appreciate the gritty realism , although others consider the earthiness intolerably shallow . |
| 43 | If standards are set in concrete , there is no way of teaching children that there are times to be flexible , when special circumstances demand it . |
| 44 | As different layers are added sequentially we see how the proportion of available land shrinks ( Pl. 10.3 ) ; for instance , when geological criteria are set in the search for a deep repository , 25 per cent of land area remains and the addition of the population density layer reduces this to 24 per cent . |
| 45 | When Maurice arrives as an unexpected guest , strange events are set in motion — a murder occurs , and a ghost appears ! |
| 46 | Your net intercepts them when they return from feeding and you must therefore ensure that the nets are set in exactly the right place — without the rabbits being aware of your presence . |
| 47 | As before the nets are set in front of the warren systems . |
| 48 | Close to the busy A48 , between Lydney and Aylburton , these beautiful rhododendron and azalea gardens are set in a peaceful lakeland valley . |
| 49 | I 've read books that are set in the country and , of course , poems , and I 've lived in towns near the country and gone into the country on Sundays or when there was no school . ’ |
| 50 | With awareness of what is wrong , the corrective forces of democracy are set in motion . |
| 51 | You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) . |
| 52 | ‘ But his speech showed clearly the trap , and on the whole when traps are set in sight of the victim they do n't usually catch it . ’ |
| 53 | The push-turn control knobs are set in a toughened glass panel with high visibility luminous indicator discs , graduated in colour from ‘ off ’ to ‘ full on ’ behind windows . |
| 54 | This is the reason that most drugs movies — especially those like Postcards From The Edge and Wired , which are set in Hollywood — denounce their source material so hysterically . |
| 55 | The cottages are set in some of the most beautiful spots , including Snowdonia National Park , the Lake District , Brownsea Island , Dorset , and the the Fal Estuary , Cornwall . |
| 56 | These essays are not illustrated , although they often describe sites and buildings , are set in small grey type , and do not always bear much relation to the objects illustrated — it is to be wondered if all the essayists were consulted about , or shown , the selection for the exhibition . |
| 57 | Performance targets are set in terms of numbers of exhibitions and attendances , although Mrs Muldoon insists that these do not influence the choice of exhibitions which include some demanding contemporary work . |
| 58 | Its schools are set in green-lawned campuses , and for years its teachers have been among the highest-paid in Texas . |
| 59 | Both church and rectory are set in a serenely tranquil site , partially secreted by a variety of lovely trees . |
| 60 | The singers appear in a suitably concert platform balance ( not always the case , even in live recordings ) and the orchestra are set in a natural spread , only occasionally seeming to be boosted a little by the engineers . |