Example sentences of "[be] set off by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attacks came without warning and did n't seem to be set off by any direct thought about being moved . |
| 2 | The façade is wonderfully elegant , the Baroque dressing being set off by superb windows . |
| 3 | Indeed Gow 's appearance was formidable , an uncompromisingly Scottish kind of countenance being set off by bushy eyebrows and side-whiskers , and anything like conceit or pretentiousness on the part of a pupil might provoke a wounding sarcasm . |
| 4 | In theory , it was set off by two boys who stole a can of soft drink from a third boy . |
| 5 | 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 . |