Example sentences of "[is] set in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The play is set in a imaginary African Republic , Kambawe . |
| 2 | This play which was in Boston in 1911 is set in a farmyard . |
| 3 | Front Page Story ( 1953 ) is set in a newspaper office , where a harassed editor played by Jack Hawkins deals with homeless children , a scientist wanting to spill atomic secrets , a journalist 's crisis of conscience and a wife who plans to walk out on him . |
| 4 | It is set in a medieval castle in a historic town in Eastern Europe . |
| 5 | And then there is the international novel , which is particularly easy to translate because it is set in a generalised Nowhere and has no idiosyncratic language to disturb its translators . |
| 6 | The action is set in a south London council flat of hideous squalor over the Easter weekend of 1990 , and it begins with a young man effing and blinding in a crescendo of impotent , inarticulate fury , before picking up a television and hurling it across the room . |
| 7 | It is set in a quiet and sunny spot just 12 minutes walk from the village . |
| 8 | Vargas Llosa 's The Time of the Hero , which is set in a Peruvian military academy where the cadets assume an ostentatious machismo as a survival strategy , oscillates between third-person narration and monologue ( interior and spoken ) to bring out the gulf between the boys ' public personae and their sensitive and vulnerable inner self , and to highlight how social intercourse distorts their personality by conditioning them to suppress their softer feelings . |
| 9 | Louis Malle 's moving , semi-autobiographical film is set in a provincial boarding school at Fontainebleu in the last months of World War Two ; twelve-year-old Quentin may be bright , but he does n't understand why new boy Jean Bornet should be so bullied by pupils and protected by teachers . |
| 10 | ‘ Cut and Dried ’ is set in a local hairdressing salon which is losing money fast . |
| 11 | The historic town of Oundle , one of the most attractive market towns in the County , is set in a loop of the River Nene . |
| 12 | When setting a straight line of netting on level ground it is possible that one stake every 8 yards may be sufficient , but when a net is set in a circular shape the stakes will need to be closer together . |
| 13 | This themed experience is set in a labyrinth of passages , caverns and secret chambers , 60 feet below ground ! |
| 14 | This beautiful monastic ruin is set in a deeply wooded valley by the River Rye . |
| 15 | The Smugglers Adventure is set in a labyrinth of caverns , tunnels and secret passages deep under the West Hill . |
| 16 | Initially the reasoning behind this law seemed sensible for a region like Champagne , which is set in a viticultural twilight zone where the size of harvest fluctuates from year to year . |
| 17 | But we may well have seen them without registering that fact ; perhaps a film is set in a particular location and we are so involved in the plot that the background scenery enters only our subconscious mind . |
| 18 | Nor do they contain a sound historical analysis , for Beatrice 's personal life is set in a matrix of ill-digested sources that show no knowledge of recent 19th-century gender studies , while the minor errors make the reader wince . |
| 19 | The account is set in a section of the Gospel that shows Jesus ' authority . |
| 20 | It is set in a garden and fields which look south towards a fresh stream and woodland beyond . |
| 21 | Project Video is set in a variety of locations in all parts of Britain , and gives insights into life in Britain today . |
| 22 | One of the great wonders of the Neapolitan Riviera , this glorious town is set in a valley below steep , rugged hills . |
| 23 | This hotel is set in a garden across the road from a sandy beach . |
| 24 | The Lacona is set in a tranquil garden which rolls down towards a sheltered sandy beach just a few minutes walk away . |
| 25 | There is a comfortable bar , a lounge and a panoramic restaurant , and outside , a sea water swimming pool is set in a large sun terrace and surrounded by overhanging trees . |
| 26 | Relaxed and tranquil , the Villa Nicolli is set in a quiet residential area , just a short walk from the centre of Riva . |
| 27 | The hotel is set in a quiet back street with its own landing stage and a tiny pavement terrace . |
| 28 | We were staying overnight at Blackburn bothy , which is set in a small wood with a stream wending through it . |
| 29 | HOLME PIERREPONT NATIONAL WATER SPORTS CENTRE is set in a beautiful country park and the Olympic Standard water sports course makes it an important venue for international canoeing , slalom and rowing events . |
| 30 | This Grade 2 Listed Building is set in a rocky cliff face pointing out to sea a little way along the foreshore . |