Example sentences of "set during " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | STRANGELY , THE climax of the Dollars trilogy is a prequel to the others , set during the Civil War and showing how Clint Eastwood 's Man With No Name gradually picks up the props — the poncho , the sheepskin jacket , the cigar — that mark his identity in the other films . |
| 3 | The 23-year-old played Calypso in Channel 4 's steamy story set during Second World War . |
| 4 | It blames the government pricing formula , set during privatisation in 1989 , for ‘ favouring the water industry over consumers who are forced to pay ever increasing prices ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The spate of films set during the Vietnam War which reached the screen during the late 1980s highlighted the reluctance with which Hollywood approached the subject for many years . |
| 7 | Robert Altman 's M*A*S*H* ( 1970 ) was ostensibly set during the Korean War but , with its overt anti-authoritarianism , anarchic humour and visceral horror , was expressing aversion towards the Vietnam War . |
| 8 | Tackle all the tasks set during tutorial sessions and know them thoroughly , since it is possible that you might find one or two similar questions in the examination paper . |
| 9 | A second reason is to show how recent British security developments are based on precedents set during the containment of the Irish conflict . |
| 10 | The fact is , Superintendent , I wrote a rather successful book set during the Second World War . |
| 11 | If such a date can not be set during 1997 , then the union will come into effect on 1st January , 1999 , irrespective of the number of countries satisfying the convergence criteria . |
| 12 | This is a history project , set during the English Revolution ( 1640 – 1660 ) . |
| 13 | These targets are due to be set during negotiations for a " sulphur protocol " to be added to the UN Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution . |
| 14 | Usually because it has arisen and set during the daylight hours . |