Example sentences of "is set in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is set in the Whitebrook Valley , just a mile from the Tintern Forest where the peace and quiet is disturbed only by a gently babbling brook and birdsong . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is set in the middle of a modern housing estate and is a sheer oasis out of the past . |
| 6 | It is set in the Lime Street parlour , where Coleridge sits by the ‘ low-burnt ’ parlour fire , and Hartley , his ‘ cradled infant ’ , sleeps beside him . |
| 7 | The second part of Hartleap Well is set in the present . |
| 8 | 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 ] . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Ynys Hywel Countryside Centre is set in the heart of 1000 acre Sirhowy Valley Country Park — a perfect setting and a unique venue . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The pool , heated until 1 June , is set in the hotel 's mature garden . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A visit to the castle at Loule , where the tourist information office is set in the remnants of the castle walls between two towers , elicited the answer to my enquiry whether there were Roman or Moorish sites on farms nearby . |
| 16 | Each night during a 6-month working season , 40,000–60,000 km ( about 30,000–45,000 miles ) of drift-net is set in the North Pacific Ocean - enough to encircle the planet and cross the Pacific for a second time . |
| 17 | The comedy is set in the men 's and women 's loos of a 1970s nightclub in Liverpool . |
| 18 | The story is set in the South-west of America , around the Mississippi river . |
| 19 | A ⅜in dowel is set in the ends and the partition over the vent hole and a small brass screw holds a leather washer on to the post to act as a stop . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Outsiders is set in the East Side of a fictional town . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | All this is set in the context of conflict . |
| 24 | This is set in the context of the changing international structure of the industries . |
| 25 | This mature Country Park covers an area of 123 acres and is set in the countryside surrounding a reservoir . |
| 26 | This miracle is set in the town of Capernaum in Galilee . |
| 27 | Frighteningly true-to-life , and very funny , it is set in the fashion business and stars Joanna Lumley as a coked-up magazine editor and Jennifer Saunders as a drunken PR woman . |
| 28 | Chaucer 's tale is set in the north-east of France , the true home of the French fabliaux , its geographical range stretching from Paris to Bruges . |
| 29 | A large , double bowl sink served by pressure hot and cold fresh water is set in the fiddles peninsula with a trash bin beneath . |
| 30 | The Gothic style Manor House is set in the midst of 120 acres ( 50 hectares ) of gardens and parkland ; it was built in 1804 to replace a previous Jacobean residence , and is at the centre of the 3,300 acres ( 1,335 hectares ) Bradwell Grove Estate , where for many centuries farming and forestry have been practised in a way typical of life in the Cotswolds . |