Sentence examples for agreement set off from inspiring English sources

The agreement set off a boom.

In fact, the agreement set off an explosion in the exports of many products Mexico had scarcely traded before.

His early February deadline for disarmament to begin, a date that appears nowhere in the Good Friday agreement, set off the latest crisis, and his resignation threat triggered Britain's decision to suspend local governance.

Regardless of these inconsistencies and miscommunication, the 2003 agreement set off a series of forced evictions through the demolishment of homes and the removal of utility services, including water and electricity.

"Their agreement sets off an adventure of betrayals, counter-betrayals, plots and escapes that see Rackham join forces with the scheming but seductively beautiful pirate Anne Bonny," said the publisher.

Allegheny Energy Inc. said yesterday that it had defaulted on some of its crucial credit agreements, setting off a 49percentt decline in its stock price, to $3.80.

Mr. Lee, whose approval ratings have dipped below 20percentt, is struggling to quell the furor over the April beef agreement, which set off weeks of antigovernment demonstrations.

Mr. Faneuil said he was given money, a plane ticket and the promise of a week off in exchange for telling investigators that an existing agreement had set off Ms. Stewart's ImClone trade.

Netanyahu has been a critic of the negotiations with Iran from the outset, but the announcement of a framework agreement has set off a new round of lobbying against the negotiations by the Israeli leader, who was scheduled to appear on three Sunday morning news shows in the US.

Taking a hard line to reduce imports of technology goods and encourage domestic manufacturing could violate international trade agreements and set off a trade confrontation.

That would not only create a confrontation with Moscow, but it would also seriously fray Washington's relations with its allies in Western Europe, who are nervous that the American missile-defense program will undermine the existing framework of arms agreements and set off a new arms race with Russia and China, and perhaps even new nuclear states like India and Pakistan.