Example sentences of "[be] off [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | We 're off to a fabulous start . |
2 | It 's early days er to make predictions , but we 're off to a positive start for the year . |
3 | Our fashions are off to a gentle start with soft neutral colours but do n't miss the great style of the shawl-collared coat by Nina Miklin ( Pattern 3 ) . |
4 | If your lawn goes into winter in good condition , it will be off to a good start next year , so prepare it now . |
5 | But the basic uncertainty in the mother may well transmit itself to the child and the relationship between the two of them could be off to a shaky start . |
6 | Then they were off with a loud revving of the engine . |
7 | She and Sebastian were off on a long honeymoon , to spend two months in Tuscany in an old farmhouse belonging to friends of Deborah and Stephen : it was temporarily in need of a caretaker . |
8 | Silksworth professional Keith Trotter is off to a good start while Houghton are thankful that they injury to Neil Bainbridge is not as serious as first thought . |
9 | Hampered by a lack of guidelines the Chancellor 's initiative to encourage private investment in public projects is off to a slow start . |
10 | Bob is off to a Healing Service . |
11 | Again , this all helps with cementing the initial relationship and if the first impression is a good one , the practitioner is off to a flying start , which could help if there are difficulties at a later stage with the transaction . |
12 | Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a few thousand to go before he can ever catch Carson … that ca n't be done in jump racing of course … but the new champion is off to a flying start to the new season … two winners on saturday he won the first at Newton Abbot this afternoon |
13 | FORMER window fitter Thomas Carter is off to a flying start in his new career . |
14 | Dad goes on like that , especially when his secretary 's off with a nervous breakdown again . |
15 | The 1991 season is full of promise with the Under 13 's off to a good start and Jim expects the Under 15 's to finish in the top halp of the Paisley District League . |
16 | The Health Secretary was off to a private party . |
17 | The breed in Sweden was off to a tremendous start and from this position of strength , Swedish people have produced over the years some very good Rottweilers . |
18 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc chief Jerry Sanders is not at all phased by Intel Corp 's excoriation and he told the conference his company was off to a good start for another year of record revenues , with a target of $1,650m in 1993 , $2,000m in 1994 and $3,000m by 1997 , and expects to ship 4m Am486 chips in 1994 for a 15% market share . |
19 | He had a bag with him , a small suitcase really , so I asked if he was off on a late holiday . |
20 | The route passed through a wood and George was off like a Baldersdale-bred hare . |