Example sentences of "[conj] sets [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It ionizes , causes the current to be completed and then that sets off the alarm .
2 If a fire starts in a room ( and most hotel fires do ) , the smoke leaks through the door , rises to the ceiling and sets off the alarm .
3 Go for well-designed china that delights the eye and sets off the food .
4 This month Ken takes the plunge and sets about the daunting task of buying a new machine .
5 For the special Christmas episode , ‘ The Feast of Steven ’ , an episode never screened abroad , Camfield wanted to use the main actors and sets from the popular Z Cars series ( including Brian Blessed , Colin Welland and James Ellis ) in cameo appearances .
6 Because of the direction in which the Earth revolves , the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west .
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