Sentence examples for having been set off from inspiring English sources

In 1988 Hainan was made a province, having been set off from Guangdong and designated as an economic development zone, the largest area of its kind.

Both explosions appear to have been set off by suicide bombers.

Small bombs have been set off and dozens of schools have been burned.

The protests had been set off by the death of the reform-minded party leader Hu Yaobang.

The current recession has been set off by the simultaneous bursting of property and credit bubbles.

The biggest dollar declines have been set off by political decisions.

A year later, the board put in a poison-pill provision that would have been set off had he increased his stake.

The rockfall itself may have been set off by an earthquake, as some scientists have speculated over the years.

At first, officials said they believed that the sensors had been set off by criminals at the border.

On two successive weekends, powerful but crude nail bombs have been set off in street markets in London.

The stoppage appeared to have been set off in a roundabout way by the shutdown of the federal government.