Example sentences of "[noun] set off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of this was funded by personal borrowing , providing jobs in Credit and Banking ; the security for lending often coming from people 's own homes , as the desire to own and furnish better homes set off a spiral of house-price inflation . |
| 2 | The glitter in his eyes set off a jangling alarm in her mind . |
| 3 | To her horror , his words set off a ripple of excitement within her , and she felt a betraying warmth flood her cheeks . |
| 4 | A mindless act of violence sets off a chilling , psychologically tense tale . |
| 5 | In one place a television ‘ red head ’ ( 800 watt ) light set off the sprinkler system with hysterical results . |
| 6 | Adams set off an a solo run down the left reminiscent of his days at Leeds , and in the end Southampton 's adventure was rewarded leaving Ipswich with nothing to show for an entertaining afternoon 's work . |
| 7 | In consequence there are no autumn colours to be viewed in surroundings that look as though there should be — no golds and flaming reds to set off the whites , blues and blacks of snow , water and rock . |
| 8 | TERRORISTS in Northern Ireland yesterday breached tight security to set off a bomb which injured two policemen , one seriously . |
| 9 | The dogs were set off by it and the dogs set off the sheep and the goats and the cows . |
| 10 | The promotion-winning team set off a short time ago from the County Ground to tour the town in an open-topped bus , before a civic reception given by Thamesdown Council . |
| 11 | The black wings and running-board set off the sober mole colour of the body , and the President glowed as he proudly explained the working of the controls and gear lever , opened the doors to display the interior with its adjustable foot-rests for the rear-seat passengers and obliged a request from one admirer to see how much space there was in the luggage compartment at the back . |
| 12 | But the Mobbs had a panic button in the house , and Mrs Mobbs set off the alarm . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The adrenaline makes her giggle , and still rising noradrenaline levels set off the familiar beat of passion . |
| 15 | To recap so far , as Figure 10.3 summarizes , pecking at the bitter bead sets off a cascade of biochemical processes in two specific regions of the chick brain ; these begin with transient changes in cerebral blood flow and energy use and involve brief increases in transmitter-receptor interactions , which alter the properties of the synaptic membranes such as to increase the efficacy of communication between pre- and postsynaptic side . |
| 16 | The proliferation of regional ale brands since the sector 's launch in 1988 made it difficult to build a national product that would kick-start it in the way that Perrier set off the mineral water market in the seventies . |
| 17 | First came the preliminary soundings ( the trabajos ) and the winning over of officers and sergeants by a small activist group in touch with civilian conspirators ; then the compromisos by which accomplices were bound to action ; finally the chosen leaders set off the last stage by the cry — the grito . |
| 18 | This short call sets off a chain reaction of events . |
| 19 | A small explosion resulted which detonated a store of hand grenades , which in turn set off a number of flamethrower fuel containers . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Well if one of those flats is for you , here 's just the thing to set off the view from the window . |
| 22 | In this context Japan 's overwhelming dependence on imported oil set off the most severe economic recession since World War II and GNP actually fell by 1 per cent in 1974 after growing at an average rate of nearly 10 per cent in the previous six years . |
| 23 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 24 | Isabelle must have left a legacy of frightening bitterness behind her in this place in order to set off a reaction like that . |
| 25 | Some of its leading citizens acquired great wealth , especially from saffron and wine , and landed property , in the course of the twelfth century , and they displayed their newfound status by building the lofty towers which still make the skyline of the city so beautiful and so absurd — beautiful especially from a little distance , for the rolling Tuscan hills set off the imaginative colour and the dramatic skyline to remarkable effect . |
| 26 | Reports that electricity charges would go up by 13% in April set off a furore in the press . |
| 27 | When the cap burns it creates a sufficiently high temperature to set off the dynamite . |
| 28 | Three hundred firemen and 400 policemen raced to the Hofburg after a smoke detector set off the alarm soon after midnight . |