Sentence examples for declaration set off from inspiring English sources

The new declaration set off a scramble in American intelligence agencies -- under fire for their assessment of Iraq's nuclear capability -- to determine if the North Korean government of Kim Jong Il was bluffing or had succeeded in producing the material undetected.

But the announcement set off shareholder outrage.

Official results later showed the ruling party winning a majority in parliament, a declaration that set off street demonstrations and ended with at least 193 people dead.

The declaration to the police set off four raids in which the authorities seized hundreds of case files from the commission's current leader, detained a group of bishops for more than nine hours and disturbed the tomb of a cardinal where construction work had recently been done.

A unilateral declaration of statehood in September could set off a conflagration.

He said Palestinian leaders would be irresponsible to make a unilateral declaration of statehood because it would set off a harsh Israeli response that would ultimately cause the Palestinian people to suffer.

In 1917, appalled by Woodrow Wilson's declaration of war against Germany, the newlyweds set off for Europe, and wound up in St Petersburg at the beginning of the revolution.

Declaring Saipov an enemy combatant would set off an intense legal battle, as it's not clear if such a declaration would even be legal.

Now, the prospect of what many Russians are already calling a "period of stagnation" has set off a new wave of declarations of nonallegiance to a nation where corruption and an inflexible top-down system are squeezing off options for change and personal advancement.

But that declaration, agreed upon at a meeting in Deauville, France, set off more alarm bells in the markets.

The declaration, nine months after a calamitous earthquake and tsunami set off a huge radiation leak, could set the stage for the return of more evacuees to affected areas.