Example sentences of "set off the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the summer , blues and pinks predominate but there are always plenty of white flowers , especially the white forms of cosmos and Campanula persicifolia , to set off the other colours . |
| 2 | He is learning to enjoy a new range of sour and bitter flavours , of gamey meat and dungy cheese , to set off the wholesome bread of his daily life . |
| 3 | The climate is good , not too hot but with brilliant sunshine to set off the vivid colouring and give shade and modelling to the arcaded treatment of façades . |
| 4 | The adrenaline makes her giggle , and still rising noradrenaline levels set off the familiar beat of passion . |
| 5 | When they set off the following year on a tour of Australia and New Zealand , William , as well as two nannies and acres of baggage , went too . |
| 6 | First came the preliminary soundings ( the trabajos ) and the winning over of officers and sergeants by a small activist group in touch with civilian conspirators ; then the compromisos by which accomplices were bound to action ; finally the chosen leaders set off the last stage by the cry — the grito . |
| 7 | Another surfaced in African Analaysis suggesting it was an Israeli atomic bomb test which set off the fatal discharge of poisonous gases and the monstrous tidal wave from the lake that swamped the surrounding countryside . |
| 8 | Some of its leading citizens acquired great wealth , especially from saffron and wine , and landed property , in the course of the twelfth century , and they displayed their newfound status by building the lofty towers which still make the skyline of the city so beautiful and so absurd — beautiful especially from a little distance , for the rolling Tuscan hills set off the imaginative colour and the dramatic skyline to remarkable effect . |
| 9 | Potentilla ‘ Gibson 's Scarlet ’ will set off the golden conifer |
| 10 | Now the national and agrarian revolution , the transition to capitalism , could set off the proletarian revolution , the transition to socialism . |
| 11 | But before she could set off the next day , the hospital telephoned with bad news . |
| 12 | Fragments of rock , and of Mait , flung backwards by the blast , also set off the other bomb and in moments , several tens of yards of ceiling had collapsed in . |
| 13 | The black wings and running-board set off the sober mole colour of the body , and the President glowed as he proudly explained the working of the controls and gear lever , opened the doors to display the interior with its adjustable foot-rests for the rear-seat passengers and obliged a request from one admirer to see how much space there was in the luggage compartment at the back . |
| 14 | Japanese handpainted pictures adorn the walls and set off the elegant porcelain figurines , while the walnut dining table is from Hong Kong . |
| 15 | Before she set off the following morning , she 'd visited the Maison du Vin , which was housed in a former medieval monastery . |
| 16 | She says it slipped and set off the magic eye which set the baler off which crushed the bottom part of my leg causing me to lose the tissue and muscle from my ankle up to my shin . |