Sentence examples for cliff set from inspiring English sources

Following the historical "Red Cliff," set in China's feudal period, Mr. Woo's latest film is "Reign of Assassins," a martial-arts movie showing out of competition in Venice.

The legislation, which averted the so-called fiscal cliff, set higher rates on several taxes that affect small-business owners, while giving new life to credits and deductions that they find particularly helpful.

In the hour and a half in the canyon, Craig and Cliff set up ropes and hooks and kept us leaping and climbing, as we descended boulders, waded through churning rapids, and jumped over waterfalls.

The 1040 is in the news as American politicians debate changes to income tax rates and deductions to head off austerity measures, known as the fiscal cliff, set to take effect in the new year.

Hours later, as we drove from Lee's Ferry back to Page, I glanced over the multicolored cliffs set ablaze by the sunset across the flat valley.

This is a range of fabulously weathered orangey-pink cliffs set between the little harbour town of Porto and the pretty village of Piana.

To the south, in the National Scenic Area of the Columbia Gorge, is Cascade Cliffs, set on a bluff above the river next to towering basalt walls, one of the most dramatic winery settings anywhere.

Here, among the limestone cliffs set deep into the precipitous canyon, the Sinagua people (Spanish for "without water") built single-story homes after they fled the eruption of the Sunset Crater Volcano, about 15 miles north, which smothered the highlands in 1064 and 1065.

Looking up, I fantasise about owning one of the cliff-set mansions that count kiddies' corner as a front yard.

The Cliffs' setting, the very northwest corner of Jamaica, offers picturesque views with a benefit: hurricanes typically hit the east coast, not this region of the country.

Thursday's press conference was the latest in a series of high-profile events surrounding negotiations to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff," a set of tax increases and spending cuts set to go into effect on Jan . 1