Example sentences of "story set in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as your detective , however comic , needs a basis of solid fact , so does a story set in the comic mode . |
| 2 | The embarrassments of first love and sexuality , and particularly the nature of violence and cruelty , become bearable or ‘ handlable ’ in a story set in the past . |
| 3 | So , a story set in contemporary Britain is likely to be easier ( for British pupils ) than one set in a different period of history or in a different culture or environment . |
| 4 | These claims may be inflated for Crockett and Tubbs , but they do suggest strengths in Mann 's latest project , The Last Of The Mohicans , an American adventure story set in the 18th Century , written in the 19th and now given an energy forgotten by all but a few '90s action directors . |
| 5 | English actress Julie Christie has been co-starring with Canadian Donald Sutherland in ‘ The Railway Station Man ’ , a rural love story set in Donegal and directed by Britain 's Michael Whyte , American Ned Beatty recently completed his starring role as Irish tenor Josef Locke in ‘ Hear My Song ’ , directed by first time British director Peter Chelsom . |
| 6 | Simply beautiful and completely enchanting story set in Long Island in 1959 . |
| 7 | Bustles and antimacassars are fine , but most readers will add those from their own imaginations to any story set in Victorian times . |
| 8 | This is a magical-mythical story set in pre-colonial Mali . |
| 9 | Tell a story set in the past and decide where you will stop to let the class take over . |
| 10 | Winner of a prize at Cannes , and the most unexpectedly entertaining movie of the year is this very dynamic story set in London during the Silver Jubilee year of 1977 . |