Example sentences of "[noun sg] set in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast , the bird mentioned in ( 19 ) must be one selected from a group present to the mind of the speaker in the situation of utterance ; this adjective can not be non-restrictive : ( 19 ) the largest parrot made a good supper for the expedition that evening The extraction set in this case might be the parrots we had shot that day . |
| 2 | Here some of the assembled company sat watching the sun set in rosy Technicolor behind a jagged peak . |
| 3 | The sound will then be re-recorded in binaural stereo using a dummy human head with a microphone set in each ear . |
| 4 | They echo the theme set in last year 's CBI Business Agenda for the 1990s with the emphasis on controlling inflation , public spending , strengthening the Department of Trade & Industry and giving it responsibility for the National Economic Development Council and opposing a national minimum wage . |
| 5 | No sheet of Olympic-proportion aqua-blue but a curving arc of pale green water set in natural stone with palm-frond umbrellas shading rustic wooden tables round the edge . |
| 6 | By the end of the day , the stark nuclear presence set in bold defiance on the Bristol Channel had been suitably upstaged . |
| 7 | Norland College , a Georgian building set in 150-acre Denford Park near Hungerford , Berkshire , prides itself on a reputation for excellence . |
| 8 | This scary abode set in Gloomy Wood is the size of a football stadium and combines Ghostbusters style humour with spine chilling rooms . |
| 9 | An analysis by Reddaway ( 1977 ) of the period 1961–71 showed that this view was wide of the mark ; only 3 per cent of the purchase of motor cars and television sets in this period was attributable to population increase . |
| 10 | You 've heard about this symbol of the brotherhood of man set in welcoming Perugia with its ancient traditions of hospitality , where every year bright-eyed , bushy-tailed youngsters come from the four corners of the world to study Italian culture and promote peace and international understanding . ’ |
| 11 | Elsbeth Lindner , rebuilding Weidenfeld 's fiction list , has bought a first novel set in Civil War England and Puritan America which she hesitates , she says , to bill as ‘ a prequel to The Scarlet Letter ’ because it is ‘ very much a novel in its own right ’ . |
| 12 | Where else will you find a thousand swans , geese and ducks , a superb collection of Veteran , Edwardian and Vintage cars and motorcycles plus art and antique collections in a Country House with its formal garden set in beautiful countryside . |
| 13 | Mention Chiswick House today and everyone will think of the neo-Palladian Villa set in wonderful parkland , now all controlled by English Heritage , and famous as one of the finest examples of its kind in Britain , yet so close to the centre of London and with other interesting places close by . |
| 14 | This picture was looked at in more detail and the two lowest mathematics sets in each school were focused upon . |
| 15 | His father , gaunt and grey , supported her with strong , clay-hardened hands , his face set in bleak endurance . |
| 16 | While Fountains Abbey , the great Gothic ruin set in beautiful parkland , could naturally be transferred to the National Trust given a suitable endowment ( who would provide the millions needed for that ? ) , and Westminster Abbey 's Chapter House could be entrusted to the Church of England , it is uncertain whether some of the less glamourous archaeological sites could be hived off to local councils without risk to their future . |
| 17 | A charming cluster of house , rectory and church , it is a perfect gem set in peaceful parkland overlooking its lakes . |
| 18 | The design task set in this test has some non-mathematical features and it was used in an exercise with some groups of teachers to obtain their views on what should be marked . |