Sentence examples for could be set off from inspiring English sources

A biological weapon could be set off in an American city.

He devised "suicide machines" that could deliver drugs or carbon monoxide gas and could be set off by the patients.

Beijing is highly aware that social tensions could be set off by rising energy and food prices.

If too many divisions are detected, programmed cell death could be set off before a tumor had a chance to form.

That so much excitement could be set off by a passing hint reflects the enduring fascination of both scientists and nonscientists with Mars.

The move — a first in the three-year-old European financial crisis — raised questions about whether bank runs could be set off elsewhere in the euro zone.

The symptoms could also be set off by a busy environment, like an airport, a restaurant or an arena.

ACT that had been incurred prior to 1999 could still be set off against a company's tax liability, provided it would have been able to set it off under the old imputation system.

It suggested that the reactions could have been set off by chemicals in the fabrics.

At a minimum, the phrase "like Tuesday's school visit" could have been set off with commas rather than dashes.

Police intially believed that the explosives could have been set off by gardeners, who were burning rubbish at the time of incident.