Example sentences of "by [verb] off the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Prune by cutting off the old flowered growth immediately after flowering , when it will produce good new shoots . |
| 32 | ‘ It is a matter for ICSTIS ( the premium rate regulator ) and Oftel to regulate and we would respond immediately to any complaint about the misuse of videophones by cutting off the line , ’ a BT spokesman said . |
| 33 | The noise gate eliminates this unwanted hiss and buzz , by shutting off the signal through the unit below a certain threshold level . |
| 34 | The cold water cistern is drained by shutting off the mains stopcock ( or , if fitted , the servicing valve ) and then opening the bath and basin cold taps . |
| 35 | Sociologists chopped off childhood and most of adulthood from their interviews , and oral historians neatly matched this by chopping off the whole later life . |
| 36 | Reinforced fencing has also had to be installed along the top of the cliff face to try and reduce the danger of people committing suicide by jumping off the top . |
| 37 | By reading off the plotted points can you see that for each point the x value is equal to the y value . |
| 38 | He responded by blocking off the pipe , which leads directly to the river , and by calling the authority 's pollution control office . |
| 39 | By playing off the rival ambitions of the Venetians , the Turks and the Serbs , the Balšići managed to retain their power until the death of Balsa III , the last of the male line , in 1422 . |
| 40 | As for animals belonging to a dangerous species , a camel has been held to be such because it may cause severe injury by kicking and biting , but strict liability was imposed for injuries suffered by falling off the camel because of its irregular gait . |
| 41 | The Transkei had ‘ independence ’ imposed upon it by South Africa in 1976 as part of a broader scheme to brush the whole racial problem under the carpet by packing off the black majority of the population to a series of impoverished rural ‘ homelands ’ dotted around the country . |
| 42 | When an old path runs across a valley bottom , you might also improve your chances of good finds by working off the beaten track . |
| 43 | Occasionally you may make an error on the artwork , and these can be corrected by scraping off the transfer with a scalpel blade . |
| 44 | Start by scraping off the existing glue residue from the underside of the bridge , and from the table , with a Stanley knife . |