Example sentences of "[is] set in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Nor do they contain a sound historical analysis , for Beatrice 's personal life is set in a matrix of ill-digested sources that show no knowledge of recent 19th-century gender studies , while the minor errors make the reader wince .
2 Front Page Story ( 1953 ) is set in a newspaper office , where a harassed editor played by Jack Hawkins deals with homeless children , a scientist wanting to spill atomic secrets , a journalist 's crisis of conscience and a wife who plans to walk out on him .
3 From the paved patio one steps down to the path that leads around to the side of the house , diving access to the rotary washing line that is set in a bed of loose cobbles and sculptural boulders .
4 Project Video is set in a variety of locations in all parts of Britain , and gives insights into life in Britain today .
5 One of the great wonders of the Neapolitan Riviera , this glorious town is set in a valley below steep , rugged hills .
6 Where a problem is set in a tort paper or in a contract paper involving both a possible tort and a possible breach of contract , both aspects of the matter should be discussed .
7 The historic town of Oundle , one of the most attractive market towns in the County , is set in a loop of the River Nene .
8 The action is set in a south London council flat of hideous squalor over the Easter weekend of 1990 , and it begins with a young man effing and blinding in a crescendo of impotent , inarticulate fury , before picking up a television and hurling it across the room .
9 This themed experience is set in a labyrinth of passages , caverns and secret chambers , 60 feet below ground !
10 The Smugglers Adventure is set in a labyrinth of caverns , tunnels and secret passages deep under the West Hill .
11 The account is set in a section of the Gospel that shows Jesus ' authority .
12 This play which was in Boston in 1911 is set in a farmyard .
13 It is set in a garden and fields which look south towards a fresh stream and woodland beyond .
14 This hotel is set in a garden across the road from a sandy beach .
15 The book is set in the village of Ilmorog and tells the story of four new arrivals including an ex Mau-Mau freedom fighter and a prostitute .
16 This new play , directed by Brenda Winter , is set in the withdrawal unit of a Belfast school in 1991 and explores the lives of four contemporary school girls who realise the parallel between their lives and those of their counterparts 150 years earlier .
17 It is set in the middle of a modern housing estate and is a sheer oasis out of the past .
18 The second part of Hartleap Well is set in the present .
19 The poem is set in the night and opens with ‘ … lonely Mira with her Head reclin 'd , / And mourn 'd the Sorrows of her helpless Kind ’ [ vol. 1 , p. 273 ] .
20 The studio is set in the heart of the South Downs surrounded by woods and fields with Lavington Common , once home to the painter Ivon Hitchens , only a two minute walk away .
21 Ynys Hywel Countryside Centre is set in the heart of 1000 acre Sirhowy Valley Country Park — a perfect setting and a unique venue .
22 I therefore thought I would write to let your readers know about Brantridge Park — a beautiful mansion house once owned by Queen Victoria 's grand-daughter , Princess Alice , which is set in the heart of the Sussex countryside .
23 The pool , heated until 1 June , is set in the hotel 's mature garden .
24 The action is set in the kind of country house , all wood panelling and flickering firelight , that normally provides the setting for a creaky stage thriller .
25 This is set in the hillside below the actual Dentelles — a line of rock blades which run like a dragon 's spine along the top of the hill above the wine village of Gigondas , near Carpentras .
26 The story is set in the South-west of America , around the Mississippi river .
27 A notch is set in the face of the rails and back so long stock can be placed across the full length of the fire .
28 The Outsiders is set in the East Side of a fictional town .
29 It may be better understood if it is set in the context of Hindu teaching concerning the different orders or āśramas of society corresponding to the different stages of life .
30 All this is set in the context of conflict .
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