Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] set in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The action is set in the kind of country house , all wood panelling and flickering firelight , that normally provides the setting for a creaky stage thriller . |
| 2 | This miracle is set in the town of Capernaum in Galilee . |
| 3 | Chaucer 's tale is set in the north-east of France , the true home of the French fabliaux , its geographical range stretching from Paris to Bruges . |
| 4 | Ynys Hywel Countryside Centre is set in the heart of 1000 acre Sirhowy Valley Country Park — a perfect setting and a unique venue . |
| 5 | 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 ] . |
| 6 | The studio is set in the heart of the South Downs surrounded by woods and fields with Lavington Common , once home to the painter Ivon Hitchens , only a two minute walk away . |
| 7 | The book is set in the village of Ilmorog and tells the story of four new arrivals including an ex Mau-Mau freedom fighter and a prostitute . |
| 8 | The second part of Hartleap Well is set in the present . |
| 9 | The story is set in the South-west of America , around the Mississippi river . |
| 10 | The Gothic style Manor House is set in the midst of 120 acres ( 50 hectares ) of gardens and parkland ; it was built in 1804 to replace a previous Jacobean residence , and is at the centre of the 3,300 acres ( 1,335 hectares ) Bradwell Grove Estate , where for many centuries farming and forestry have been practised in a way typical of life in the Cotswolds . |
| 11 | A notch is set in the face of the rails and back so long stock can be placed across the full length of the fire . |