Sentence examples for may spark off from inspiring English sources

An uncommon name can create its own problems which can be either embarrassing or boring; a mildly eccentric address may spark off a few smart-alec remarks, but when you are Paddy Rabbit of Tower Bridge, London, people tend not to take your cheques.

If the Bank decides that the minimum wage will spark off claims for higher pay from better-paid workers, it may push up interest rates.

Do you think this interview will spark off a song?

It can spark off an idea or a new sound.

The election results themselves could also spark off real problems.

Outside, flashes spark off in my face.

The components of tobacco smoke spark off the inflammation cascade which acts as a double edged sword.

Their renewed interest may have been sparked off by a well-publicised libel action he brought that year in the high court in London against Vanity Fair, over an article about his earlier private life.

These observations strongly suggest that Ca2+-dependent proteolysis was activated in the skeletal muscle and heart of tumour-bearing animals and raise the possibility that such activation may play a role in sparking off the muscle protein hypercatabolic response that characterizes cancer cachexia.

It may spark a major European crisis.

Investment advisers' use of social media may spark regulation.