Example sentences of "set off [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There is formality … such as the Elizabethan knot garden , with its tiny box hedging … and the walk of Lime trees.But such order simply helps to set off the flower borders which overflow with colour.Here can be found a blue and white monkshood … the towering flower spikes of acanthus , commonly known as bears britches … crimson penstemon blooms , and the perennially popular day lily . |
2 | That 's if we 're not going to set off the alarm system ! ’ |
3 | Smoking a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Police were alerted when they accidentally set off a smoke alarm . |
7 | We repair to the kitchen and blithely set off the burglar alarm searching for the cat to cuddle . |
8 | This short call sets off a chain reaction of events . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | In one place a television ‘ red head ’ ( 800 watt ) light set off the sprinkler system with hysterical results . |
11 | 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 . |