Sentence examples for set off a border from inspiring English sources

The proposal has already set off a border war.

The border tax has already set off a wave of activity, and nobody has even introduced a bill.

The Ethiopian and Eritrean governments used to be allies and comrades in arms, but later fell out bitterly over a number of issues, including a seemingly insignificant frontier town that set off an intense border war in the late 1990s.

The problem is that none of these solutions will satisfy everyone, and any redrawing of existing borders could set off a move to change borders elsewhere in the Balkans.

The new single currency has also set off a wave of cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Speaking a day after a border clash set off a fresh round of claims and counterclaims between the countries, Mr. Armitage said he accepted the statement by Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, that he was not aiding Islamic militants who were still crossing from Pakistan into Indian-held Kashmir.

In September, his remark in a television interview that "the majority must be returned to the borders" set off a wave of criticism.

A1 Violence at Israeli Border Hezbollah guerrillas set off a roadside bomb close to an Israeli patrol near the Lebanon border, killing a soldier.

Yet the South Lebanon Army's desperate scramble out of Israel's shrinking security zone and the threat of rocket attacks on northern communities have increased Israeli fears that the withdrawal could set off a new round of intense cross-border warfare.

As for the dreadlocked idealists currently locked inside the semi-derelict their actions may yet set off a chain reaction of occupation across the border.

Hamas said that its fighters had set off a bomb against an Israeli force that crossed the border into Gaza with tanks and bulldozers.