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

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1 The Italian Village is set in the open plain where the new town centre of Spitak is supposed to be .
2 This glorious late medieval home is set in the beautiful Usk valley , midway between Abergavenny and Brecon .
3 But the scene was set in the political climate of the Weimar Republic for political and functional devolution , a system of checks and balances between individual , sectional , and national interests .
4 Turning to the criticisms of the administrative machine through which the political leadership operates , the pattern was set in the early 1960s by Professor Brian Chapman 's British Government Observed .
5 The buildings date to the early 13th century , and the abbey is set in the beautiful Llandeilo hills .
6 The play is set in the late Eighties when power dressing was at its peak — which explains the bold jackets , short hemlines and figure-hugging dresses .
7 This hotel is set in the beautiful bay of Marina di Campo , about five minutes walk from the resort centre , and the same distance from the fine beaches .
8 The new tone was set in the early hours of Friday when a broken-hearted bearded man of radical inclinations tore down his Labour posters and replaced them with a single bleak statement which , curiously , he must have had printed before the election .
9 Written in verse , the play was set in the Middle Ages and told of a soldier back from seven years in the wars who wanted to die and a beautiful witch who wanted to live .
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