Example sentences of "[was/were] set in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The workroom was extremely tidy and four chairs were set in a row in front of the puppet theatre . |
| 2 | All were set in a wide range of localities , were powerful and dramatic , but lack organization . |
| 3 | Her grey eyes were set in a brown skin smooth like the shell of a hen 's egg . |
| 4 | The long , carved lips were set in a tight line and the straight black brows were screwed up in a frown . |
| 5 | He trained two thousand brave men , who became well disciplined ; no man swearing without paying a fine and if found to be drunk , they were set in the stocks and some were cashiered , and they became known everywhere they went as an elite regiment and many more wished to join them . |
| 6 | A wooden doll was made or found to contain her bones ; and round it gold plates and gold wire were set in the ninth century . |
| 7 | The particular tribe among whom he was working couched their teaching in story form , and the main story-line was always the same — the events were set in the context of a journey , for they were a nomadic people . |
| 8 | The town gates were set in the walls where these principal thoroughfares made their exit . |
| 9 | The scene was set in a cabin on the boat with two men lone Fernandell and a beautiful Tahitian girl wearing only a grass skirt . |
| 10 | It was set in a trim garden girdled by white painted paling ; if not God 's cottage , certainly not his manor . |
| 11 | Their piety was set in a classical mould , a matter of obligations duly performed . |
| 12 | In early mosques , the focal point for prayer was a sacred stone ( the qibla ) , which was set in a wall facing Mecca ; it later became customary to enclose this stone within an arch-shaped niche known as a mihrab , or prayer niche . |
| 13 | Her mouth was set in a stubborn line , and she was scowling . |
| 14 | The brief dew on his lashes , that had caught the thin early rays of the risen sun , was dry enough now , his mouth was set in a rigid line . |
| 15 | It was set in a triumphant smile , a smile that would have been smug if it had not been so full of the purest metaphysical good humour . |
| 16 | A pot of ch'ban , a beverage which Alexei thought was quite similar to earth stock coffee , bubbled quietly on a burner which was set in a shallow bowl of sand on the table at her side . |
| 17 | His long face was set in a lugubrious expression , and he had a slight squint owing to the length of his nose , which , to Cleo 's eyes , was a veritable proboscis . |
| 18 | The second ad was set in a courtroom and described our new product ‘ Balanced Banking ’ and had the message that , with our automatic transfer , customers ‘ money was always in the right place to earn more interest . |
| 19 | One petal held a beautiful , almost translucent pear-shaped dewdrop and it was set in a crystal vase that looked as substantial as a spider 's web . |
| 20 | The lines from his nose to his mouth were deeper , his mouth was set in a grim line and his eyes were bleak , or perhaps her memory was at fault … but she knew it was n't ; she knew every inch of his face . |
| 21 | He looked to be about ten , his hair was as red as Gwen 's , and his face was set in a horrible scowl . |
| 22 | The fourth task was to get across a piece of rope which had been tied around three trees which was set in a triangle . |
| 23 | This Fifties comedy was set in a ‘ flea pit ’ cinema called the Bijou where staff turned up the central heating to boiling point in a desert picture to boost ice cream sales . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The amateur record of 68 was set in the Monthly Medal of May 1986 when Club member Michael Orris broke the Club and his own previous record of 69 set in October 1983 . |
| 27 | The 28-week limit was set in the 1967 Abortion Act , and since then many premature babies born before 28 weeks have survived . |
| 28 | In fact , the film was set in the 1950s , but it is doubtful whether any but a few of the millions who watched the film appreciated that life in a mental hospital is any different today . |
| 29 | The seal for an uncompromising war of attrition was set in the opening two minutes , when Spurs midfielder David Howells sent David Hillier tumbling and Ray Parlour , Arsenal 's best player , was denied an obvious penalty when Dean Austin tripped him . |
| 30 | The bid for Rowntree was set in the context of a shift in consumer preference away from ‘ slab ’ bars of chocolate towards ‘ countline ’ products ( individually wrapped chocolate snacks ) — an area in which Rowntree had great strength . |