Example sentences of "set off [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's if we 're not going to set off the alarm system ! ’ |
| 2 | Smoking a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm . |
| 3 | The government , claiming that granting the pilots ' wage demand would set off a wage explosion and damage the economy , expressed its support for the airlines and took unprecedented steps to break the strike . |
| 4 | These areas of flexibility need to be defined very carefully and the possible options spelled out as far as possible , for in a tightly knit plan a sudden deviation at one point can set off a chain reaction of confusion throughout the plan . |
| 5 | Police were alerted when they accidentally set off a smoke alarm . |
| 6 | We repair to the kitchen and blithely set off the burglar alarm searching for the cat to cuddle . |
| 7 | This short call sets off a chain reaction of events . |
| 8 | But they still hold substantial portfolios of international shares and the fear is that they could attempt to sell these , setting off a chain reaction in other financial markets . |
| 9 | In one place a television ‘ red head ’ ( 800 watt ) light set off the sprinkler system with hysterical results . |
| 10 | 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 . |