Example sentences of "[noun sg] set in the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A Section of statute set in the European legal hypermedium
2 CHESTERS ROMAN FORT AND MUSEUM Set in the ancient wooded valleys of Northumberland overlooking the River North Tyne , Chesters is one of the best preserved buildings on Hadrian 's Wall .
3 Easily Accessible : Chepstow is an interesting and historical town set in the outstanding natural beauty of the Wye Valley .
4 The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst is a beautifully written , homoerotic novel set in the pre-AIDS gay male sub-culture of London in the early 1980s .
5 ROMANTIC mystery set in the American Civil War .
6 One powerful argument attributes this stagnation to the economic structure set in the early 1950s .
7 Penry looked as though he was about to burst into speech for a moment , then his face set in the familiar harsh lines , and without another word he turned on his heel and made for his sanctum , slamming the door behind him .
8 He caught the man 's wrist , smashed the useless Uzi at the oval streaked face set in the black rubber cowl .
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