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Staff at a nearby hotel said the quake had been strong enough to shake television sets off tables and smash them.

I don't think you could come in and have done whatever sets off the war and then claim that I did it at a time of war, perhaps.

That blouse sets off the blue of her eyes.

A goal that's readily apparent as Tame sets off on the run, with friends in a mini-control room pushing out his video to Ustream.

Come free translation to be translated being that the word significance sets off from the brand.

Yes, sir, she also knows the code that automatically calls the police and sets off the burglar alarm. I've learned not to trust this woman.

Press the "Clean" button and the robot glides out of its docking station and sets off across the floor.

All the great rebellions in history begin with a symbolic deed that sets off irreversible consequences.

The performance is accompanied by the percussion music that only sets off the atmosphere by contrast, not limits the lion's movements.

Blue suits you and sets off the colour of your hair.

Bipolar disorders also heighten the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which sets off the fight-or-flight response to stress.

"Other frogs, they just need to hear the sound of rain and the sound of lightening and thunder. That's what sets off their hormones" .

She sets off to look for colourful decorations with her best friend, Daft Duck.

The instrument sets off an effect in the atoms of this substance, which causes it to produce power that can be made into electricity.

For Britons of that generation, however, it's a date that sets off a cacophony of signals.

The high-speed trigger sets off the flashes when the ambient sound volume goes over a certain level.

Shanxi, China: A passenger looks out of the window from a train before it sets off at a railway station in Taiyuan.

Damin sets off on his bamboo raft with his birds. When he reaches the right place, he stops.

This sets off the automatic check the ABS conducts every time the engine starts.

William gives me a baleful look and sets off toward the elevator.

Sucre sets off an alarm across the street and the guards go scrambling. Tuxhorn turns off his alarm to go outside and investigate.

What do we do with a knave who goes missing or sets off with a wee bit more than his share of booty?

I can set my high-speed trigger to different volume thresholds, and also insert a delay before it sets off the flashes.

During the dry season the arrival of a tanker truck sets off a frenzy in the town of Beed.

Once received, the son promptly sets off on a long journey to a distant land and begins to waste his fortune on wild living.

By moving the blocks around the table, user sets off series of reactions within this new fantasy ecosystem.

Harper leaves Joe for the last time and sets off on an optimistic voyage to San Francisco to begin her own life.

When your primitive brain senses a threat, it sets off the 'fight or flight' cascade of hormones.

Modern and fashionable panel design sets off the rich titanium silver texture.

Each thought sets off a cascade of responses within you that cannot be stopped.

DoDo sets off to the long and romantic fantastic journey .

Blue suits you , sets off the color of your hair .

Only tranquility can go far, so elegant and pure blue sets off the tranquil flavor.

On his first morning back he eagerly sets off for the river to do some fishing.

"We show that Sox17 acts like a toggle or binary switch that sets off a cascade of genetic events, " said Dr. Wells.

"When the baby cries, it sets off the Why Cry and in 20 seconds the little faces light up, " Monagas said.

He startles them in the hallway to prove his point, which sets off an on-going competition of psuedo-attacks.

There's an area at the base of your brain called the hypothalamus that sets off an alarm whenever you get stressed.

God sets off periodic visual reminders of this world's limited lifespan.

The world may be all agog over the piano fireworks Lang Lang sets off wherever he goes.

Once finished with the preparations, the team sets off across-country to the cheetahs' new home.

What sets off the crisis is almost always unverifiable.

A mossy stone wall sets off the brilliant red of fallen maple leaves.

Kratos speaks with the statue of Athena on the deck before he sets off.

The igneous rock kimberlite sets off a yellow diamond from South Africa, a country known for its diamond mines.

AMERICA'S secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, sets off on a seven-country trip to Africa beginning on Wednesday August 5th.

Oneself sets off from Ana finally, origin seeking her complicated poetry self's inner world.

Restraint in earthmoving sets off a chain reaction of savings in the overall project budget.

If any trigger in the chain sets off an infinite loop, the nesting level is exceeded and the trigger is canceled.

eg. Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm.

The hero fights and slays the monster, sets off again and soon bumps into another monster.

This week's moon sets off a few romantic sparks.

On Wednesdays, Mr Rice sets off at around 7am by car for the business's Stoke-on-Trent factory.

It appears that insulin overstimulation in those cells sets off a kind of hormonal chain reaction that leads to infertility.

Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to welcome the new year.

Foil: A character who sets off another character by contrast.

It also sets off a voice box which says, "Caution, truck turning left. "

In most people's minds, spending money on luxuries sets off alarms that making investments doesn't.

The Terminator, still in the apartment, hears the messages, and sets off to find her.

A character who sets off another character by contrast.

But when one neighbor's leaf blower sets off another neighbor's car alarm, hey, where are my earlids?

This is the inciting incident. It sets off the plot of the play.

which ignites a flame of hope and sets off a spring thunder in my heart.

adj. This gold frame sets off your painting well.

CNN: The torch arrival in Beijing allows the government a brief respite before the relay sets off on a problematic, monthlong world tour.

The troll calls them "nature luva, coward and turncoat" , which sets off Valeera's temper.

June 13: He sets off a test device at a remote location.

That often sets off a cycle of more CDS buying.

If a car sets off a trigger when the light is red, the computer takes two pictures to document the violation.

This gold frame sets off the oil painting very well.

What a waterfall thunderously sets off is but the accumulated potential that a reservoir has quietly stored.

Yo mamas so fat; she sets off car alarms when she runs.

This gold frame sets off your oil painting very well.

The frame sets off your painting very well.

The smart sunglass sets off my face very much.

"His simplicity sets off the satire, and gives it a finer edge" (William Hazlitt)

He sets off at eight o'clock every day.

sets off from to accepting numerous angles , studies mentality, is had the design being aimed at by numerous appreciation of the beauty;

A cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of similar events:

i promise ! i will be back before the train sets off

The tide of people sets off my loneliness