Example sentences of "[to-vb] off [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pillars ran around the circular enclosure , and the myriad corridors all seemed to disappear off to an elaborate pattern . |
| 2 | The distinction , termed ‘ polarisation ’ was deemed necessary to make more transparent to customers the possible ties of their advisers , and to eliminate the ability of an intermediary to pass off as an independent adviser yet suggest the policies of the advisers ' own company ( or those which provide the highest commission ) . |
| 3 | A court dealing with an offender who is already subject to a community service order may make a further consecutive order , so long as the total number of hours remaining to be performed does not exceed 240 ( as this is a matter of principle rather than statute , the court is prepared to contemplate minor departures , as where the offender has very few hours to work off under the original order . ) |
| 4 | Like thoroughbred horses chafing at their bits before an important race , they are liable at any moment to sprint off at a hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction . |
| 5 | How can the Minister justify the attempt to sell off into the private sector , just a matter of weeks before a general election , what most Londoners rightly regard as the proper seat of London 's government ? |
| 6 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 7 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
| 8 | Linearity appeared to fall off at the -90dB level , not of much concern , and there was a small amount of high frequency hash in the output at -78dB . |
| 9 | Words about words tend to float off into a mysterious space of their own — though I hope most of those we have used have been firmly pinned down . |
| 10 | For those , you have to traipse off to the main offices . |
| 11 | As he was all poshed up in his best uniform , ready to go off on a 48-hour pass , he was not best pleased at this turn of events . |
| 12 | Another political time bomb , waiting to go off in the New Year , is a Select Committee inquiry into Britain 's overall energy needs . |
| 13 | Eleven tricks made for a very good score , as several other declarers had actually contrived to go off in the same contract . |
| 14 | ‘ I feel dressed to sail off on a luxury cruise . ’ |
| 15 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 16 | The defending champions Jim Pugh and Rick Leach also lost their second successive round-robin group encounter and were left to play off for the minor placings . |
| 17 | Mr Hall said the Government was dismantling the rail network to let off to the private sector . |
| 18 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 19 | Things starting to ease off following a busy rush hour this morning . |
| 20 | Dispatch contains the sense of ’ , ‘ to get on with something ’ , haste , and also ‘ to do away with ’ , to polish off , to send off to the next life . |
| 21 | However , the grouting can easily get discoloured and dirty-looking , so it might bc better to start off with a dark grouting from the beginning . |
| 22 | This allows customers to start off with a diskless system and expand gradually up to 5Gb . |
| 23 | Many women , through no fault of their own , appear to start off on the wrong foot . |
| 24 | ‘ No , I 'd expected it ; he would n't want to start off on the wrong foot . ’ |
| 25 | Better , then , to start off down the wrong valley and take the road along the Gave d'Aspe as far as Escot ; you can do this avoiding the main road , because there is a minor road out of Oloron going all the way along the eastern side of the valley as far as Escot . |
| 26 | Hurricanes of 213 , 229 and 238 Squadron aboard H.M.S. ‘ Furious ’ on 21 May 1941 ready to fly off to the Middle East via Malta on Operation ‘ Splice ’ . |
| 27 | Therefore , if a moth hears a bat approaching about 100 feet away , its best policy is to fly off in the other direction . |
| 28 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 29 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 30 | Instead , people learn to back off at the first sign that somebody might disapprove . |