The phrase "a harsh set" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a collection or group of items, rules, or conditions that are severe or strict in nature.
Example: "The new regulations imposed a harsh set of penalties for non-compliance, leaving many businesses struggling to adapt."
Alternatives: "a severe collection" or "a strict group".
Both argue that tighter border protection helped convince the Australian public to accept a higher refugee intake, justifying a harsh set of policies that has left more than 1,000 people in indefinite offshore detention to deter others attempting to reach Australia by boat.
Inactivation was carried out under high dioxane concentration (60 vol%), weak acidic pH (pH 5) and 37°C, mimicking a harsh set of conditions where all enzyme activity was lost, even in the case of the stabilized derivative.
Two competing hypotheses—"Snowball Earth" (which posits that Earth's surface was completely covered in ice) and "Slushball Earth" (which posits that at least some portion of the planet was covered by a thin icy film that solar radiation could penetrate)—have arisen to explain how life could survive and evolve in such a harsh setting.
Now they know one exists, but with a big catch: The planets circle a stellar corpse in a harsh setting unsuitable for life.
About a Boy is a logical extension of Hornby's territory, combining the humour and keen perception of his earlier books with a harsher set of facts, a north London landscape slightly reminiscent of Joseph Connolly or Martin Amis.
Even so, buoyed by their victory, the Japanese government replaced the lenient terms for peace which they had relayed to the mediator Ambassador Trautmann prior to the battle with an extremely harsh set of demands that were ultimately rejected by China.
But underneath it all, the vast majority of us face an unnecessarily harsh set of conditions when it comes to raising our kids, trying to make a living, trying to preserve a fair and stable marriage--not to mention pursuing more ambitious personal goals.
But the mood was startlingly similar, as a proud team -- though one with a reputation for physicality -- boiled over in frustration as a harsh reality set in.
His western breakthrough came soon after, with 2010's How I Ended This Summer, a harsh thriller set in a weather station on an Arctic island in Chukotka, which earned Dobrygin the Silver Bear for best actor at the Berlin film festival.
No Country for Old Men, a harsh thriller set in West Texas in the wake of the Vietnam debacle, presented America as a run-down society where only a few decent men, retired or on the point of retirement, have any sense of moral responsibility.
So the "DIY nostalgia" of an item such as an oil can is coupled with fabric softener then displayed in a deliberately "clinical, harsh setting – like a hospital product".
