Example sentences of "[be] set off [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All are designed to convert pre-existing contractual rights and obligations to net monetary rights and obligations , which may be set off against one another to produce the net sums referred to above . |
| 2 | David 's application was successful and along with nine other students he will shortly be setting off for one of eight specially selected Earthwatch projects for two weeks of hard work , learning and fun . |
| 3 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 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 . |