Sentence examples for were sparked off from inspiring English sources

"A debate about the future of a European Union beset by crises is of fundamental importance today; crises that were sparked off by not always realistic integration projects such as the common currency, over-regulation and economic governance … We should be looking at these as the reasons behind the Greek crisis and the UK's questioning of the idea of an ever-closer union," he said.

Following early reports on PPGs for use in organic synthesis by Barltrop, Barton, Woodward, Sheehan and their co-workers, applications to biology were sparked off by Engels and Schlaeger and Kaplan and co-workers, who first achieved the photorelease of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and ATP, respectively.

A heated debate on new gun-control legislation has been sparked off by the Sandy Hook massacre.

Mr. Polanski's latest drama is sparked off when the parents of two boys who have been involved in a fight agree to meet.

This one was sparked off by a visit to the site of the Battle of Loos, where his father was wounded and captured in 1915.

The idea for a 'street' ballet was sparked off by Jean Cocteau and eagerly taken up by the young Massine, just starting as a choreographer.

The first night he saw the Dead, in 1972, he realised they were the living continuation of a stream of bohemia that was sparked off by Kerouac and his muse Neil Cassady.

Looking back on the Mail's coverage, it is clear that the campaign was sparked off, and probably encouraged, by Cameron and Gove personally, or via their media teams.

It was, said the police, 'the worst rioting ever seen on mainland Britain.' It was sparked off by anger over the death of Mrs Cynthia Jarrett who collapsed and died of a heart attack after a Metropolitan Police raid on her house.

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.

But here memory comes into play, having already accumulated the required emotions in past experiences, acting as a storage battery whose charge can be sparked off at any time: the smirk that greets Falstaff's appearance on the scene is derived from a mixture of memories and expectations.