Example sentences of "[noun sg] set in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHITE MEN CA N'T JUMP : Buddy movie set in the world of basketball , starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes . |
| 2 | 8 ( 5 ) WHITE MEN CA N'T JUMP : Woody ( Cheers ) Harrelson and Wesley Snipes star in this buddy movie set in the world of basketball . |
| 3 | One episode with disasters aplenty was Episode Four of ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , the episode set in the polar regions of that planet . |
| 4 | He thrust it into the man 's hands and strode past him , making for the open doorway set in the centre of the long white portico that ran the length of the house . |
| 5 | A Section of statute set in the European legal hypermedium |
| 6 | A classic storyline set in the twenties being filmed in the nineties . |
| 7 | But this year Jane Campion , a New Zealand-born director , was deservedly a joint winner of the Golden Palm with ‘ The Piano ’ , an ambitious period study set in the Antipodes in the 1850s . |
| 8 | She walked across the cobbles and pointed to a plaque set in the wall of the Library . |
| 9 | The official date of the starting is 1387 , as shown on a plaque set in the wall at the south-west corner of the building : El Principio il Domo di Milano fu nel Anno 1386 . |
| 10 | A plaque set in the wall at shin height , painted cream with the lettering picked out in black . |
| 11 | They are comic crime and its cousin , farce crime ; romantic suspense ; historical crime and its near relation , crime set in the immediate past ; and finally , the crime short story . |
| 12 | In addition , an order has been received for 850 , fine bone china tea sets in the Cavendish pattern with the famous QE II crest which will be presented to Cunard world cruise passengers next year . |
| 13 | Scott , revealing details of the 500-page bid document for the first time , insisted the big selling point was the proximity of the sports venues to the competitors ' village , which would be in a canalside setting in the heart of the city . |
| 14 | Patrick was occupying a little room at the top of Prince 's Lodge with a dormer window set in the roof . |
| 15 | European eyes are fixed on the first of these figures : public spending that is now shooting through the ceiling set in the EC 's self-denying ordinance of 1988 . |
| 16 | But The Cutting Edge ( Cert P.G. ; General ) , a sort of Dirty Dancing on ice set in the competitive world of international skating , left me cold . |
| 17 | It was not , it seems , by the classical standards of German decadence set in the 1920 , very shocking . |
| 18 | Leo McKern , Sara Kestelman and Ian Holm star in the BBC Screen Two presentation , The Last Romantics , on Sunday , a powerful story of love and betrayal set in the tranquil world of Cambridge University . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | One evening after the kind of soft autumnal day that is an echo of the summer gone , when the sun sets in the western sky to cast great pinks ant reds across its distant clouds , Creggan was peaceful at his stance , dreaming of his own homesite . |
| 21 | The professor 's interest in architecture and theatre is reflected in Pietro Fancelli 's mythology set in the palace at Persepolis , stage designs by Schinkel , Mauro Tesi and others . |
| 22 | He thought of a bullet , and he thought of the chill lead set in the brass cartridge cases of the rifles or machine-guns that watched him . |
| 23 | The prisoner , a woman who had refused to confess her adultery to the Inquisitor , was brought out in chains and bound to a post set in the ground . |
| 24 | It sounded like an interesting job — the play was a futuristic drama set in the twenty-first century , and the director said she 'd have a chance to really let her imagination run riot on the styles . |
| 25 | Easily Accessible : Crayke 's nearest town is Easingwold , a pretty market town set in the Forest of Galtres , a Norman hunting preserve . |
| 26 | Easily Accessible : Chepstow is an interesting and historical town set in the outstanding natural beauty of the Wye Valley . |
| 27 | This pretty Victorian farmhouse set in the hills of Staffordshire has beautiful views from all aspects overlooking a peaceful valley . |
| 28 | You go from er Hopeworths , Mason and Burnhams , John , Gill and Russells , Walker Brothers it was er a terribly industrial , well you could fi Road used to be all granite sets in the road , there was n't the , because there was so much traffic went up and down er it was all made of granite sets when I , when I was a kid , but my , shall I tell you what I used to do when I was a kid for my Saturday morning ? |
| 29 | When deflation set in the previous gains were wiped out and more . |
| 30 | Just as your detective , however comic , needs a basis of solid fact , so does a story set in the comic mode . |