Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] set in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another evidently believed that The Merchant of Venice was set in greater Los Angeles . |
| 2 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 3 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 4 | ( And some of those romances were set in medieval Aquitaine of the troubadours — which certainly constitutes one common interest that drew Pound and Hewlett together . ) |
| 5 | That has certainly been true of banks since the Basle capital standards were set in 1988 . |
| 6 | During his last years he lived in Switzerland , and his novel Hidden Hands was set in that country . |
| 7 | The book was set in Victorian times . |
| 8 | Pension funds have been around for a century or more , but their modern form was set in 1950 when Charles Wilson , then president of General Motors , set up a fund for his workers . |
| 9 | While her hair was set in large heated rollers to give fullness , Lizzie set to work on Angela 's make-up . |
| 10 | He was walking purposefully toward Dr. Briant 's unit , two newspapers held firmly under his arm , and his face was set in hard lines of anger . |
| 11 | But his face was set in sympathetic lines . |
| 12 | Her face was set in grim lines and beneath her make , she was white with rage , her lips drawn in a thin line . |
| 13 | A precedent was set in 1337 when the commanders of an army going to Scotland were engaged by contract , but their troops were raised by array . |