Example sentences of "[was/were] set off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His broad shoulders and powerful legs were set off to perfection by the excellent cut , while a snow-white silk shirt emphasised his tanned , rugged face . |
| 2 | These were set off by news of Bayonne , of Murat 's executions of the patriots of the 2nd of May in Madrid , or of the failure of the authorities to celebrate the feast of St. Ferdinand . |
| 3 | The dogs were set off by it and the dogs set off the sheep and the goats and the cows . |
| 4 | In addition £219.9m was set off against share premium account in 1988 under s 133 , CA 1985 and not recorded in the accounts . |
| 5 | The whole collection was set off by the saxe-blue Jacobean embroidery thrown over the shelves on which the pieces were carefully arranged . |
| 6 | In theory , it was set off by two boys who stole a can of soft drink from a third boy . |
| 7 | The hospital spokesman said it was believed a smoke alarm was set off by someone having a cigarette in a toilet . |
| 8 | Sophia herself was wearing a green jersey suit and a small hat , but she felt that she did not look so absolutely right as Ianthe , whose plain blue woollen dress was set off by a feather-trimmed hat which had just the right touch of slightly dowdy elegance — if there could be such a thing . |
| 9 | The earlier student strike , in April , was set off by the dismissal of law teacher Dominic Mngomezulu , which students believed was due to his union activities . |
| 10 | Now according to forensic it looks as if the explosion was set off by two sticks of gelignite and a couple of detonators trapped under the table and wired into the lamp that stood , as it were , beside the chairman 's right hand . |
| 11 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |
| 12 | Domestic air flights were suspended on the receipt of bomb threats , four buses were fire-bombed and a small explosive device was set off in front of the CGT headquarters in Buenos Aires . |