Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] set [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's set in the Ammer valley some 85kms from Munich , surrounded by grass and flower covered foothills that steepen and rear into high mountains . |
2 | It is set at the junction of four minor lanes , none of which has any indications of antiquity . |
3 | The novelistic density of Andrien 's film makes the well-meant Canadian picture Bye Bye Blues ( director , Anne Wheeler ) , which touches on somewhat related themes though it is set during the war , seem merely novelettish . |
4 | However , I can tell you that the title is The Life & Times Of Henry Pratt and it is set during the years 1936 to 1953 . |
5 | It is set in the Lime Street parlour , where Coleridge sits by the ‘ low-burnt ’ parlour fire , and Hartley , his ‘ cradled infant ’ , sleeps beside him . |
6 | It is set in the middle of a modern housing estate and is a sheer oasis out of the past . |
7 | It is set in the Whitebrook Valley , just a mile from the Tintern Forest where the peace and quiet is disturbed only by a gently babbling brook and birdsong . |
8 | Frighteningly true-to-life , and very funny , it is set in the fashion business and stars Joanna Lumley as a coked-up magazine editor and Jennifer Saunders as a drunken PR woman . |
9 | It may be better understood if it is set in the context of Hindu teaching concerning the different orders or āśramas of society corresponding to the different stages of life . |
10 | Omit the baskets on one side for a buffet table if it is set against the wall |
11 | Mr Dick Cheney , who now has the job , has always voted for rail-Mx , but that does not mean he is set against the Midgetman . |