But the cars failed to ignite any passion in the enthusiast, because we knew the real reason they didn't have four-wheel drive.

Our research shows that young people are desperate to discover more diverse writers, and that this helps to ignite their passion for the subject.

It was time to ignite a passion for sport or move on.

You need to find something which ignites your passion.

The title that introduced many of us to online gaming and ignited a passion that lasted well into adulthood was back.

I didn't think he was delivering the message that was going to ignite the revolution.

The opposition lacked an obvious leader who had the ability to inspire ordinary citizens to ignite the revolution.

Not only can it provide escapism from the drudgery of daily life inside, but it can be the spark that ignites a revolution in the way prisoners perceive themselves.

That may ignite a spark of interest, but it won't nurture a lifelong passion for the arts.

And a well-chosen illustration can ignite that spark.

That might ignite a spark.

I really want to ignite the spark, like it was at the start.

Neither had any sailing experience but the trip ignited a spark.

They cannot just take the easy course at a time when soaring oil prices could ignite inflation and when there are still other worrying signs of lurking price pressures.

The risk was that his monetary fireworks, on top of the plunging pound, would ignite inflation.

The president-elect has promised a vast stimulus programme, which the markets expect to ignite inflation.

Secondly, a weak currency risks igniting inflation by driving up the nation's import bills.

Even gaining a home play-off tie would ignite interest in a sport that the public and politicians have previously paid scant attention.

The grand mystery here fails to ignite interest.

The rumpus also ignited interest in property growth since the 1990s.

Finally, he thinks hard about the project and redefines it in a way that ignites interest and enthusiasm in others and draws them into working with him.

But he said he was baffled by their reaction - when other writers whose books he referenced had been grateful to him for re-igniting interest in their novels.

It then dries out, creating vast areas of tinder that can ignite spontaneously.

Found also to be chemically unstable, it was known to ignite spontaneously both in the laboratory and in a magazine.

Rubidium has also been reported to ignite spontaneously in air.

Sodium burns easily in air, and will ignite spontaneously on contact with water.

In fact the low-molecular weight compounds will ignite spontaneously on contact with air and are immediately destroyed by reaction with water molecules.

A canvas, he thought, should ignite the imagination.

Great books ignite the imagination and compel with stirring prose and dialogue.

It's these stories that ignite your imagination and really bring your ancestors to life.

Off-the-cuff remarks from friends ignite your imagination.

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