Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [is] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The park is set in 12 acres of a 156 acre farm and since its opening three seasons ago , it has proved to be one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country . |
| 2 | Moreover , the direction is set by powerful clues or ‘ logics ’ gradually established in the organization which enable subsystems to bound their search for strategies . |
| 3 | The trial is set for May . |
| 4 | The winner is set to be some half a million pounds better off . |
| 5 | Pearse , the former Wallaby flanker , intends to establish his own sports marketing company and the NSWRU is set to be his first client . |
| 6 | The Giordano is set in gardens near Ravello 's main square and the beautiful Villa Maria is five minutes walk away overlooking the coast . |
| 7 | Landscaped with elegant villas dating from the turn of the century , the resort is set between the startling beauty of the Apuan Alps and the gently shelving Tyrrhenian Sea . |
| 8 | Once the text is set in metal , corrections mean retyping a whole line . |
| 9 | There is an opportunity to relate theory to practice , and as the teaching is set at the student 's level of understanding and experience , time can be spent on aspects which she finds difficult . |
| 10 | Associate producer and star Denis Lawson — best known for Local Hero — said that filming of The Dead of Winter had been postponed and might even be switched from Mull to Denmark , even though the story is set on Mull . |
| 11 | The story is set in the South-west of America , around the Mississippi river . |
| 12 | The town in which the story is set in has a close knit black community who are very cautious about commenting around white people , as feelings of racial prejudice were very strong . |
| 13 | The cottage is set on the highest ridge of the Chiltern Hills and is surrounded by the most glorious countryside . |
| 14 | The following succession of chords necessitates a change from A to A ♯ and no more if the harp is set to the notes D , E ♯ , F ♯ , G ♯ , A , B ♯ , C ♯ , for they are then written thus : |
| 15 | They do not tell us why the level is set at its current average rather than some much higher or lower figure . |
| 16 | The play is set in a imaginary African Republic , Kambawe . |
| 17 | The play is set in an old Thames warehouse which has been converted into a fringe theatre ( the seats certainly look authentically uncomfortable ) . |
| 18 | The play is set in the late Eighties when power dressing was at its peak — which explains the bold jackets , short hemlines and figure-hugging dresses . |
| 19 | The play is set in 1850 and the set reflected good attention to period with well chosen props . |
| 20 | The play is set in a seedy northern beauty contest , which gives Paula the chance to use her original Mancunian accent . |
| 21 | The play is set in the mid-1950s , and it explores the themes of lust , jealousy and guilt in the melodramatic style of that period . |
| 22 | ‘ You know the play 's set in the twenty-first century , ’ Josh explained . |
| 23 | has recently announced her engagement and the wedding is set for June ‘ 91 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 27 | The voltage gain of the amplifier is set by the ratio of resistor R1 to R1 at 11 times . |
| 28 | The Big House : tear-gas clouds blossoming over mess-hall riots , ‘ the break is set for midnight ’ notes , squealers ‘ accidentally ’ falling under trip-hammers in the workshop . |
| 29 | The posture is set by angling the body forward from the waist and flexing the knees to keep the weight even between toes and heels . |
| 30 | It will then remain like this until the circuit is Set by making S = 1 whereupon Q will become 1 and . |