Example sentences of "[noun] set off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pakistani authorities banned the proposed protest on Feb. 6 , and on Feb. 7 deployed 40,000 security personnel along the border and blockaded roads in and out of the Azad Kashmir capital of Muzaffarabad ; nevertheless , 7,000 JKLF supporters set off from the city on Feb. 11 . |
| 2 | 156 cars set off on the rally on Sunday . |
| 3 | The huge ammunition wagons set off for the crossroads , their massive iron-rimmed wheels digging great gouges into the road 's surface . |
| 4 | The two groups set off across the desert westwards towards Ghadames . |
| 5 | The plan clears up the legal wrangles set off by the federal government 's decision in 1988 to sue the state government over water quality in the Everglades , but leaves unclear many of the details of the clean-up . |
| 6 | When Simon the Trapper parted from him on the great north ride the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist , dragged up his gown a score of inches to free the movement of his lower legs , re-tied his girdle tightly , wiped his hands on the none too clean garment and taking hold of his staff set off up the highway in pursuit of his sack , of Marian , and of the verderers . |
| 7 | It happened shortly after 500 athletes set off on the Rowntree Athletic Club 's 10-mile road race at the weekend . |
| 8 | Seismic stratigraphy is a technique whereby seismic waves generated by.small explosions set off at the surface are reflected or refracted from discontinuities in the underlying sediments which represent changes in sediment properties . |
| 9 | Almost as hard to credit , the figure for the number of nuclear explosions set off by the French in the Pacific since 1975 was said to be 52 . |
| 10 | The court heard her ordeal began when she and the children set off with the salesman on what they thought would be a family shopping trip . |
| 11 | Looking anxiously behind them , the children set off down the street with the nanny . |
| 12 | After a fine tea of toast and honey , the children set off down the hill , their eyes wide with wonder . |
| 13 | About 2,000 paramilitary policemen , 600 Bushmen auxiliaries and several helicopter gunships set off after the SWAPO men . |
| 14 | The three explorers set off beside the brook , while Hazel led the other rabbits across the field and up to the edge of the woodland . |
| 15 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |