Example sentences of "off [adv] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | More positively , both the BFASS and most of its critics in England and Scotland , though not some of the more circumspect Scots abolitionists , sounded off powerfully against the Free Church 's financial reliance on southern slaveholders after its break from the Church of Scotland in 1843 . |
| 2 | If the sale of the Target shares produces an allowable loss for capital gains tax purposes , this may be set off only against gains arising on a subsequent disposal by the manager concerned to Newco , if he and Newco are " connected persons " for the purpose of s286(6) ( 7 ) TCGA 1992 , as is likely to be the case if management needs to have control of Newco in order to obtain interest relief on its borrowings ( see 4.4 above ) . |
| 3 | Pulling power may be slightly down as it Deems to fall off quickly against head winds or uphill gradients , when running constant changing up and down with overdrive even on the level . |
| 4 | The revaluation resulted in a £68m write-down of wholly-owned properties and a £34.7m write-down of property associates ' , both written off directly against a revaluation reserve of only £84m . |
| 5 | ( ABOVE LEFT ) LAURA 'S STRIKING BLACK AND WHITE OUTFIT IS SET OFF PERFECTLY AGAINST BERNARD 'S LOTUS ELITE . |