Sentence examples for as setting off from inspiring English sources

The arrests included nine prior to kick-off, while another four were detained during the game for offences such as setting off flares and invading the pitch.

Mr. Ghosn — who splits his time between Yokohama and the Paris offices of Renault, which owns 44 percent of Nissan — sees the Leaf as setting off a wider shift toward electric cars.

But passengers on the bus tours describe the general climate of uncertainty as setting off more urgent waves of reappraisal: Is this how I want to raise my family?

Neier was long gone by the time SDS went crazy, morphed into the Weather Underground, and started staging idiotic stunts like the Days of Rage (smashing store windows in the Chicago Loop) and committing acts of petty terrorism (such as setting off a homemade bomb in a Pentagon men's room).

He shot and killed the bouncer before opening fire on revelers inside, as well as setting off smoke bombs.

Blackburn is still unsure of what drew him to destructive acts, such as setting off firecrackers and breaking windows, but theorizes that he was seeking stress-relief.

He calmly floated the ball toward the rim, as if setting off a balloon.

There was a semicircle of rocks around its base, as if setting off the area for offerings.

One of them, dressed as Batman setting off a security alert and a tense standoff with the police.

I'm never going to feel ready, so I might as well set off now.

His abrupt resignation as speaker set off a scramble to fill a difficult job that few Republicans wanted.