Example sentences of "[adv] off [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at the same time one can not help feeling that Proofs is the kind of story that would have been better off as a three-page essay in Granta . |
| 2 | Is it not better off as a hidden surprise to be discovered by the interested tourist ? |
| 3 | If red meat is really what you want , you would be even better off with a well-trimmed steak . |
| 4 | YOUR children may be pestering you to give them a games system for Christmas but you may be better off with a real computer instead . |
| 5 | If your material consists of pure text ; a book or report , for example , then it is quite likely that you 'll be better off with a high-powered word processor such as Word 3 , MacAuthor or even a typesetting system like JustText , TeXtures or Page One . |
| 6 | Equally , from the tenant 's point of view the interest granted him under a tenancy at will is so precarious that he would almost always be better off with a fixed term to which the 1954 Act did not apply . |
| 7 | If , literally , all the time you can spare , is five minutes in the morning before you go to work , and a couple of hours in the evening when you come home , then you would probably be better off with a caged animal , such as a hamster or bird . |
| 8 | If the latter , we 're a lot better off with a restrained government than with a rampant one . |
| 9 | It is made worse still by those Tories who feel they would be better off with a different leader , though none say that publicly . |
| 10 | The snag is , scientists do not yet know whether patients taking the drug for a long time are better off with a little testosterone , or none . |
| 11 | Do n't you think you 'd be better off with a soft drink ? |
| 12 | He had the audacity to suggest , during the 1983 general election , that the government might be better off with a modest majority , than with the landslide that Labour 's internal troubles seemed likely to produce . |
| 13 | But she assures me that you are far better off with a lensless eye than with no eye at all . |
| 14 | Cardinals need a temperature between 73–79°F ( 23–26°C ) , and would be better off in a warmer tank of their own . |
| 15 | If you are determined to give up smoking , you are already off to a good start . |
| 16 | The appeal is already off to a flying start with around £100,000 already guaranteed , over £80,000 from a major sponsor , Walter Scott and Partners , and £15,000 from local authorities . |
| 17 | He trudged wearily off to a generous standing ovation and a sympathy from QPR manager Gerry Francis . |
| 18 | No wonder people sometimes start right off with an official complaint or even a writ . |
| 19 | If he treats her from the beginning like a woman , elderly perhaps , but still entitled to every courtesy and consideration and some of his undivided attention , and if she treats him with affection and interest , voicing her pride in his achievements , and turning to him for advice on various matters , their relationship is usually off to a good start . |
| 20 | Er , the honourable gentleman wondered whether we would ever have a truncated view again , certainly not under the ninety three legislation because that was a once off as a careful reading of the act will show , er but er we will erm and his honourable friend , the member for Perry Barns hoped er that er we would have no more reviews of European boundaries , I know because he was talking at P R but we will certainly have one new review of er er Euro constituency boundaries because as soon as the parliamentary boundaries are completed er we will have to go into a new review on that basis of all the European seats and of course the full enquiries will be held in the normal way for them . |
| 21 | This had a crippling effect on the worse off at a crucial stage of recovery from the Famine . |
| 22 | Behind him the man was running out into the roadway , already too far off for a useful shot . |
| 23 | Our warm-up hike before tackling Mount Robert , in New Zealand 's Nelson Lakes National Park , was certainly off to a flying start . |