Example sentences of "and set off [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He finds himself calling upon the Government to use its powers to stop or sink Christopher Columbus 's expedition before it reaches America , and sets off a chain of events disastrous to the ecology of two continents .
2 But that performance and the world record before the war inspired one young spectator at the White City , Roger Bannister , who was to run the first four-minute mile nine years later , and set off a string of British world record breakers , Derek Ibbotson , Sebastian Coe , Steve Ovett and Steve Cram .
3 All went well until about half way through the demonstration when fumes from some hot oil wafted into the smoke detector above the hob and set off the hotel 's fire alarm .
4 Half way through the meal Taff produced a bottle of red wine scrounged from H.Q It certainly tasted good and set off the meal .
5 Her face now against a tweed back , she fought for breath , struggled and pushed , moaning as another icy drop flowed down her body and set off the pain .
6 and set off the smoke-alarm
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