Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] off [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be misleading therefore , effectively to write off the outer circle of kin as significant sources of support in British society . |
| 2 | Gordon Ellis of the Vectis Flyers , Isle of Wight , uses marker pens to apply his Dragon decor , though not always enough to ward off the evil intent of competitors ! |
| 3 | There may have been a breakdown in communication ; the taxi for day care did not call , the officer in charge was abrupt , the meal unsuitable ; these are matters not hard to put right , but unless sorted out quickly , enough to put off an elderly person perhaps reluctant to face a change of routine or the challenge of meeting new people . |
| 4 | Better to eat off an orange box and get pleasure from a plant than to spend the money on a cheap and nasty table which is going to be an unsatisfactory stopgap Save money and effort right at the start by sorting out priorities — which should include enjoying the room you live in — and try not to stray too far from your original objectives . |
| 5 | I 'm not saying I chose an affair expressly to ward off the 30th birthday blues , but my age and stage contributed more than mere chance . |
| 6 | Ironically , that made England more determined than ever to pull off the stirring victory at Headingley which levelled the series . |
| 7 | Close by a couple were kissing , holding each other close to ward off the cold wind that had sprung up . |
| 8 | THE Government was forced to make an embarrassing about-turn over the Maastricht bill yesterday to head off a damaging defeat at the hands of an alliance of Tory Euro-rebels and opposition parties . |
| 9 | Granted , if socialists merely develop a list of pat answers to these questions ( nationalisation , ‘ planning ’ ) while failing to fight for more immediately realisable socialist gains outside of government they will not get much of a hearing , but equally to write off the macroeconomic questions as too difficult to speculate about is to forego the right to contest the policies of a reactionary national government . |
| 10 | JOHN Major will move today to head off a threatened mutiny by the Tory Right to sink his premiership . |
| 11 | Given a more positive ride on her previous outing - again at Newmarket - she stayed on gamely to fend off the well-handicapped Kiveton Kabooz . |
| 12 | Our breath made huge clouds of steam which hid our faces as we talked , and we hopped about and shrugged elaborately to ward off the penetrating fingers of cold that probed at our necks and hands . |