Sentence examples for would have set off from inspiring English sources

But the explosives in the warhead didn't detonate; that would have set off a chain reaction.

"If this happened as a pattern, it would have set off an alarm," McVey said of the possible sexual assault.

It was not immediately clear if his roaming along Park Place would have set off an alert regarding his movements.

If substantive decisions had to be made, some analysts said, this would have set off poltical tremors.

That is because it is not the banks that are failing to repay savers — something that would have set off the insurance program.

With Mrs. May's promise to step down, approval of the agreement would have set off a fight among Conservatives to choose a new leader.

Last year, European policy makers proposed a voluntary debt exchange for Greece, an approach that would not have set off the swaps and would have left bondholders with big losses.

Whoever it was who dumped the bodies would not have set off down that track in the dark unless they knew where they were going and what they would find.

Almost immediately, the popovers fell on their sides and made such a mess they would eventually have set off the smoke detector.

The merger would also have set off a wave of much-needed consolidation among Europe's smaller defence firms.Where Angela feared to treadThe problem was the government shareholdings in the new entity (see article).

General Flynn's talks about lifting Obama Administration sanctions imposed in the wake of their proven meddling with the U.S. elections before he assumed the role of National Security Advisor wouldn't have set off alarm bells had it not been for the revelations of leakers outing what may have been illegal activity on Flynn's part.