Example sentences of "set off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will be able to set off the tax credit against part of this liability . |
| 2 | All this tasteful opulence sets off the large-armchair electrically adjustable seats to a tee . |
| 3 | Most smoke alarms have a test button which sets off the alarm when pressed . |
| 4 | If a fire starts in a room ( and most hotel fires do ) , the smoke leaks through the door , rises to the ceiling and sets off the alarm . |
| 5 | It ionizes , causes the current to be completed and then that sets off the alarm . |
| 6 | Go for well-designed china that delights the eye and sets off the food . |
| 7 | By the time it sets off the smoke detector , the corridor is blocked . |
| 8 | A light touch and not even a mouse could have scuttled through that ballroom without setting off the alarm all over the house — and the city . |
| 9 | In front , a broad cab-drive , also balustraded , swept round in a wide semi-circle setting off the entrance to perfection . |
| 10 | This easement does not by any means apply to all developers and is in any case temporary : setting off the charge against the claims in this way will not be possible when the fund has been distributed and the money has been spent or locked up in some investment . |