Example sentences of "off [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resulting chemical reaction gives off fluorine compounds and hydrochloric acid , which are then neutralized with sodium hydroxide to produce harmless substances such as fluorspar ( calcium fluoride ) , salt and sodium bicarbonate . |
| 2 | But surely it is the duty of an influential paper like yours to point out to your readers the facts that marriage and ‘ scoring ’ babies are the cause of more nervous breakdowns , violence and jumping off tall buildings under the impression that you can fly than any other form of domestic arrangement . |
| 3 | Occasionally , Alexander lessons spark off emotional feelings from childhood — anger , sadness , joy or happiness . |
| 4 | In addition to these èlite groups , in both London and the provinces there exist Police Support Units of ordinary police officers who have had riot training and who may be pulled off normal duties to help with demonstrations and assemblies . |
| 5 | Menstrual cycles can set off specific urges . |
| 6 | Each is eager to present himself as the most qualified man to head off protectionist measures and to restore Japan 's good name , which lately has been looking a little tarnished . |
| 7 | However , attempts to push through a programme for the privatization of the banking sector in January foundered on legal difficulties , while on Feb. 19 police in Karachi clashed with union activists protesting against the government 's plans to sell off state-owned industries . |
| 8 | But the basic thrust of the ‘ structural adjustment ’ seldom changes : shrink the budget deficit , devalue the currency , remove subsidies , free prices , liberalise trade and sell off state-owned enterprises . |
| 9 | Lee Seymour hit a long , high clearance and Stuart Ewin ran 20 yards , beating off strong challenges , before driving the ball past the advancing 'keeper . |
| 10 | Who would want to knock off bloody bicycles ? |
| 11 | Last year 's attempts by the BJP to build a Hindu temple on the disputed site of a mosque in Ayodhya sparked off murderous riots across the nation . |
| 12 | The suggestions put forward in the first three leaflets of the three-year campaign range from turning down the thermostat and turning off unnecessary lights to installing double glazing . |
| 13 | For friendship 's sake , Maud tried to keep off political subjects and urged him to stick to his poems and visions . |
| 14 | But this clarity may make it more difficult to play off political demands against each other , and to handle the conflicting and diffuse political pressures that inevitably persist . |
| 15 | He claims his recovery plan kills off Labour claims that he is doing nothing to combat unemployment . |
| 16 | Some firms will be told to sell off non-essential assets to cut their debt . |
| 17 | I 'd I 'd set off watery moves it must be I 'd set |
| 18 | Transduction : a bacteriophage attacks E. coli , proliferates inside and carries off microbial genes . |
| 19 | Tapeworms are also members of the group , though they look very different for after burying their heads in the walls of their host 's gut , they bud off egg-bearing sections from their tail end . |
| 20 | Some musical notes trigger off parental feelings , others sexual ones and still others self-protection . |
| 21 | Ballesteros had been arrested in Honduras in 1988 , and his extradition to the USA sparked off anti-US riots in Honduras [ see pp. 36011-12 ] . |
| 22 | In the past the US had tended to trade off economic advantages for political gains , but in future it would become much more single-minded about its own economic interests , he predicted . |
| 23 | The LRT method of shaking off destructive beliefs about ourselves brought with it an astonishing sense of joy . |
| 24 | The surplus sector must acquire/purchase financial claims ( assets ) , and/or pay off outstanding debts , i.e. claims held against it ; obviously , a deficit necessitates the opposite course of action , the issue of financial claims ( debt ) or a run-down in financial assets held . |
| 25 | Although you may normally take the view that there is never a best time for spending money , retirement planning is different in that sooner or later you will need , or want , to make certain purchases — or pay off outstanding commitments , such as a mortgage . |
| 26 | PETER ROLLINS sent off polite letters to GCHQ , MI5 , and the CIA , saying he was very interested in spying . |
| 27 | The car that Rover killed off eleven years ago is about to be relaunched . |
| 28 | We tend to serve and finish off complete units of food as provided for us by manufacturers . |
| 29 | The powerful running of the big front man had been a constant threat to Andover all afternoon and they just had no answer as he finally surged through shrugging off vain attempts to check him before delivering the perfect finish . |
| 30 | Racal unlocked security business Chubb last year , floated off mobile phones group Vodafone in 1991 and on its own made annual pre-tax profits of £51.5m , up from £16.1m . |