Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] off [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better carry off an embarrassing situation with as much panache as she could muster . |
| 2 | We can not kill off an old idea in order to develop a better one . |
| 3 | If it does not kill off the golden goose , it will certainly let it starve to death through neglect . |
| 4 | Ironically , the actions of a few Western governments , led by the United states and including Britain , could finally kill off the nodule-mining industry before it even begins to operate , and all in the name of protecting the industry . |
| 5 | ‘ Pain in the housing market should finally kill off the British obsession with housing which has so distorted resource allocation in the last 25 years . |
| 6 | After a time the circuit should settle down to a state in which the usual combinations of inputs to the cell are relatively ineffective , while any unusual combination can still set off a strong response . |
| 7 | Planck used the idea of quanta to explain why a red-hot piece of metal does n't give off an infinite amount of heat ; but he regarded quanta simply as a theoretical trick , one that did n't correspond to anything in physical reality . |
| 8 | Anyone who has a history of epilepsy ( even if that condition is being fully controlled by medication ) should never on any account be hypnotized , as the process of entering the appropriate altered state of mind can actually trigger off an epileptic fit . |