Example sentences of "[noun sg] to set off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TERRORISTS in Northern Ireland yesterday breached tight security to set off a bomb which injured two policemen , one seriously . |
| 2 | When working on such designs , it is important to choose a background with as much texture as possible , and a fairly substantial frame to set off the design . |
| 3 | The climate is good , not too hot but with brilliant sunshine to set off the vivid colouring and give shade and modelling to the arcaded treatment of façades . |
| 4 | Well if one of those flats is for you , here 's just the thing to set off the view from the window . |
| 5 | Isabelle must have left a legacy of frightening bitterness behind her in this place in order to set off a reaction like that . |
| 6 | When the cap burns it creates a sufficiently high temperature to set off the dynamite . |