1.   Although some doghouses are few-frills models, decorated with mosaics, paint, flowers and other frippery, others look like mini stage sets.

2.   Bars with overstuffed sofas and chairs look to me like stage sets for a slumber party.

3.   Behind the simple stage set is an orchestra of wires and laptops, which he conducts through software he has written for this project.

4.   A beguiling place of orange groves and hibiscus, coves and hilly lanes, it has the aura of a stage set.

5.   A gray and windy dawn opened on Georgetown, a lush city with the feel of a stage set.

6.   A giant stage set featured a map of Israel, with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in chains.

7.   A real city is a stage set for our lives.

8.   But for most of the foreign journalists, New York City seemed to be little more than a stage set.

9.   But the stage sets remain.

10.   Children can use the action figures and stage sets that come with the kit or create their own using other toys - dolls and dollhouses, for instance.