Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] set in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 8 ( 5 ) WHITE MEN CA N'T JUMP : Woody ( Cheers ) Harrelson and Wesley Snipes star in this buddy movie set in the world of basketball . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Flaming Ears was the fourth and I joined three of my colleagues in a mini-mass walkout of this totally unstructured , ineptly shot , meaningless mish-mash of an Austrian vampire lesbian flick set in the year 2700 . |
| 4 | The water was fed to the mill through a cast iron sluice box set in the back wall . |
| 5 | But this year Jane Campion , a New Zealand-born director , was deservedly a joint winner of the Golden Palm with ‘ The Piano ’ , an ambitious period study set in the Antipodes in the 1850s . |
| 6 | The hotel has a sun terrace and swimming pool set in the peaceful and tranquil gardens on the lakeside . |
| 7 | In addition , an order has been received for 850 , fine bone china tea sets in the Cavendish pattern with the famous QE II crest which will be presented to Cunard world cruise passengers next year . |
| 8 | A representation of ‘ Adam and Eve ’ by Wtewael should fetch $700,000–900,000 ( £466,000–600,000 ) and a still-life of fruit in a wicker basket set in a stone niche by Juan van der Hamen y Leon $250,000–350,000 ( £166,000–233,000 ) . |
| 9 | He thought of a bullet , and he thought of the chill lead set in the brass cartridge cases of the rifles or machine-guns that watched him . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | Here , too , metal reinforcements set in the concrete have rusted because the concrete contained too much calcium chloride . |
| 13 | There were double firing slits on three sides and a metal door set in the side nearest to me . |
| 14 | They slipped like shadows through the great doorway of the Lady 's Tower , and along a dark stone passage to a low oak door set in the inner wall . |
| 15 | Rule 5 The module version has been nominated for a greater period than the nomination latency set in the configuration file . |
| 16 | If she looked at her father with tolerance on that first night it was because his flattering of Giovanna had resulted in the table being elaborately laid on the terrace , fresh candles put in the brass candlesticks , and flowers in a big green and white pottery jug set in the centre of the table . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | BLADE RUNNER : Director 's cut of Eighties sci-fi classic set in the year 2020 , starring Harrison Ford , Sean Young and Rutger Hauer . |
| 19 | two apple trees set in the lawn |
| 20 | Here the staircase is achieved by sizeable concrete drainage pipes set in a bed of concrete one behind the other , each pipe slightly above the next . |
| 21 | This can be achieved in the modern garden by the use of sizeable concrete drainage pipes set in a bed of concrete one behind the other , each pipe slightly above the next . |
| 22 | The front cover was instantly familiar : gilt lettering set in a white rectangle , with some sort of pattern behind it . |
| 23 | Biosphere 2 , a huge glass and steel structure set in the Arizona desert outside Tucson , consists of a series of seven domes and spires , some five storeys tall . |
| 24 | Looking over the wall corner , the crater of Cow Pot is revealed and should be left severely alone ; instead , turn south to a cluster of boulders around an iron manhole cover set in the ground . |
| 25 | With a quick reflex action he caught the tompaw , a short stout wooden handle with a steel claw set in the end , and thumped it into the first deal of the day . |
| 26 | The cup in T'zin 's hand was a sculpted crystal bowl set in a mesh of gold wire . |
| 27 | It was a good ten minutes later when they seemed to come to the last of The Courts , for the houses dropped down to two-storey , then one-storey ; and then they were confronted by an iron open-work gate set in a brick wall all of seven feet high . |
| 28 | This means that an ambiguous word form set in a disambiguating context may well carry more information than can be accounted for in terms of interaction between the context-independent meaning of the word form , and the semantic properties of the context . |
| 29 | Chalet Style accommodation set in a beautiful , green valley , with its own sandy beach … an ideal Club for families . |
| 30 | 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 |