Example sentences of "[noun pl] set in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These form a larger group than fabliaux set in the country , largely in villages , although the latter group is still a substantial one . |
| 2 | There are two more branches of the much-divided tree of crime fiction that we ought to glance at in our discussion of books set in the past . |
| 3 | His face was thin and you saw those strange blue-coloured eyes set in the darkness of his skin . |
| 4 | With a roar , it began to come their way , searching with its closed dead eyes set in the grotesque moving head . |
| 5 | On other pages , she had seen a village of huts set in the lee of a bluff , where mothers — Italian mothers with babies on their laps — were sitting in the sun on chairs , just like at home . |
| 6 | He surely recollects the precedents set in the steel and coal industries , in which the Community was involved in Europewide initiatives to limit the impact of the decline in demand for the products of the companies concerned . |
| 7 | Horsedrawn trams were introduced in 1882 , using rail-lines set in the middle of the main roads — in Chiswick , from the foot of Kew Bridge — just in front of the ‘ Star & Garter ’ inn — to Hammersmith Broadway . |
| 8 | From where she stood , working access to the most inner room had been via remote control arms and full-sized plastic window-suits set in the wall with their own flexi-corridors that stretched out behind the deeper the technician moved into the room . |
| 9 | It had a couple of rubies set in the pommel . |
| 10 | Trams , however , were taken off the streets of London , in 1935 , and were replaced by trolley-buses — vehicles able to run on electric power by having two arms stretching above their roof to make contact with a pair of overhead cables , instead of the single arm of the tram and the metal rails set in the carriageway of the road along which their route was arranged . |
| 11 | I wonder whether the right hon. Gentleman has read last week 's edition of The Economist , which investigated which European Community countries conformed with the convergence conditions set in the treaty . |
| 12 | Each borrower under a variable interest rate loan pays the lending bank(s) LIBOR plus the agreed spread at pre-determined reference dates set in the loan agreement . |
| 13 | Contrast this with major production centres such as Hollywood , New York , London , where people ‘ make films ’ , about anything , not just stories set in the locale . |
| 14 | Quiss looked up to see an overhead cable-car system of what looked like lengths of knotted string and bits of chain , running through little metal wheels set in the ceiling and carrying , on small hooks , cups and mugs and plates ( so that was why they had a hole at the edge ) , forks and spoons and knives of every description . |
| 15 | In this way the patterns set in the boom left their imprint firmly on the years of mass unemployment which followed . |
| 16 | Here , too , metal reinforcements set in the concrete have rusted because the concrete contained too much calcium chloride . |
| 17 | Wedded to their reflections in the waters that surround them , they look like giant gemstones set in the blue . |
| 18 | two apple trees set in the lawn |
| 19 | Joy Larkcom dallies with dill , passes on a trap tip , saves space by sowing salads and encourages runner beans to set in the kitchen garden this month |
| 20 | There are , of course , all sorts of chandeliers available for traditional rooms in brass , iron , wood , wrought iron and crystal , but again the effect can be enhanced by recessed downlights set in the ceiling to light up the chandelier itself . |
| 21 | While this will only apply to criminal proceedings , child protection agencies using video recordings in their work with children will be expected to adopt the standards set in the Code of Practice where appropriate . |
| 22 | eleven 125W warm white fluorescent tubes set in the ceiling at the sides of the room ; |
| 23 | eleven 125W warm white fluorescent tubes set in the ceiling at the sides of the room ; |
| 24 | They were drunk , marchers and watchers , exalted out of themselves , their faces set in the rictus of certainty . |
| 25 | Also it had to be a means by which children could assimilate knowledge through watching these serials , particularly the ones set in the past . ’ |
| 26 | But the working party goes further : ‘ By examining some examples of typical assignments set in the classroom , approached through the eyes of the pupils , we discover a series of stages that have to be worked through … |
| 27 | In the houses — never a window opened — in the cars , in the gruesome , echoing hypermarkets set in the middle of nowhere ( where they wished you a ‘ nice day ’ at 10 pm ) . |
| 28 | Jotan was forcing the lock on a pair of massive double doors set in the gable end of the building which fronted the junction of the alleyways . |
| 29 | the cauldrons at their backs , great stone tubs set in the floor and covered with some sort of green scum on either side . |
| 30 | All of those factors lead the City Council to the view that the current level of residual given emerging government advice , the City Council could no longer support the idea of a new settlement of something like fourteen hundred dwellings set in the countryside beyond the outer edge of the York greenbelt . |