Example sentences of "[noun pl] set off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The scene is the Ritz Club , the prototype of a sophisticated Thirties nightclub in dazzling primary colours set off by a sleek black bar . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | The two men set off down a narrow path which traversed the slope diagonally . |
4 | Men set off in a local bus commandeered to take them to the factories on the edge of the town . |
5 | 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 . |