Sentence examples for set off a spate from inspiring English sources
Critics also say the law has compelled educators to teach to the tests and set off a spate of cheating scandals.
The news set off a spate of announcements by big banks, moving to show their financial strength by raising dividends and disclosing plans to buy back shares.
The French defeat in the Franco-Prussian war, in 1871, set off a spate of self-flagellation, with writers decrying a declining birth rate, an inferior education system, and moral bankruptcy.
Since it is very inexpensive to produce new typefaces for photographic typesetting, the widespread use of phototype systems set off a spate of new designs and reissues of long-unavailable typefaces, such as decorative Victorian wood types.
Two of National Century's largest clients have sought Chapter 11 protection from their creditors, while the dubious status of two of the company's bond deals worth $3.3 billion has set off a spate of threatened legal action against National Century, J. P. Morgan Chase, Bank One and other firms involved in the asset-backed securities.
Thomas McDermott, an adoptive father who is the lawyer for the law's supporters, said he disagreed with the critics who said the law would set off a spate of incidents in which birth mothers were contacted against their will, a prospect that one of the women suing to block the law said had given her "flashbacks and nightmares".
Every time someone re-tweets one of my jokes, it sets off a spate of fretting about reciprocity.
Describing his experience on Twitter, the satirist Henry Alford writes that "every time someone retweets one of my jokes, it sets off a spate of fretting about reciprocity … If the person is a total stranger whose feed I do not follow, then I will look at this feed and consider climbing aboard.
This story set off a panting spate of "Heel Hitler, Furred Reichch," "Wooffan SS" and "Arf Wiedersehen" headlines in British tabloids and plenty of claims that Hitler was "barking mad".
The recent spate of violence has set off a wave of panic, creating unrest especially among the minority Shiites, who make up about 20percentt of the population.
