Example sentences of "by [verb] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the rocks in your tank suffer from all-smothering algae I have found they can be kept clear by scrubbing off the algae then putting them in the oven or under the grill until they are thoroughly dry . |
| 2 | The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me . |
| 3 | I wonder whether the same delusions of accuracy exist with things like the Volhard titration and its questions of whether the sliding endpoint is best avoided by filtering off the silver or adding nitrobenzene . |
| 4 | This can be done by slicing off the peel across the top of the orange and using this flat end of the orange as a base . |
| 5 | In Southampton seamen aboard the Olympic jumped the gun by walking off the liner on 9 June following a stoppage by coal bunkerers and trimmers working on the same ship some days earlier . |
| 6 | This should be linked to the dpc in the house wall by stripping off the plaster up to dpc level and applying the compound in a band just above the floor level . |
| 7 | Burning and stinging is a usual complaint because the skin has been made more sensitive by stripping off the surface protective film . |
| 8 | When he played tennis with his sister , he would infuriate her by wandering off the court to contemplate . |
| 9 | Use of these instructions on a spinner to produce a random walk on the notes of a piano must end , after perhaps much meandering , by wandering off the keyboard . |
| 10 | If it is desired to emphasise the penetrating , rather reedy quality of the higher viola notes an oboe or two added in unison will do this , while two flutes in unison with the violas will produce the opposite effect by rounding off the tone . |
| 11 | As well as Steve 's publications our newssheet covers such topics as spotting grounds from branch line trains and local buses , and our most recent sheet contained an article on a spectacular view of Northtown 's thatched terraces that can be obtained by skateboarding off the top of the multi-storey on to the roof of Lloyds Bank . |
| 12 | By picking off the documents that form the basis of the customer-supplier relationship one at a time , we can understand what we 're doing and become very effective very quickly . ’ |
| 13 | Some Georgian officials suspect that Alabama is deviously trying to steal development away from Atlanta by turning off the city 's tap . |
| 14 | Any evidence of leakage should be dealt with immediately by turning off the supply at the meter stop-cock and calling the Gas Board . |
| 15 | All of these strategies , education , specific self help skills , and life-style changes , aim to reduce stress by turning off the stress tap and draining the stress glass . |
| 16 | If he had acted like any chauffeur of reasonable competence he could have stopped the fire by turning off the tap connecting the petrol tank with the carburettor . |
| 17 | The thermostat of an immersion heater can usually be adjusted by turning off the double-pole switch and removing the heater cover . |
| 18 | And with Silas listening to both sides of the conversation it was impossible to explain the situation thoroughly , therefore she said , ‘ Daddy — it 's Lucy — I 'm at a place called Wilder 's Wilderness — you reach it by turning off the Taupo road . ’ |
| 19 | ( If she has suffered an electric shock , push her away from the electric equipment with a broom handle before touching her , or by turning off the electricity mains . ) |
| 20 | Several leading City investors had opposed the proposals to dismantle British Land by selling off the larger properties and putting the smaller ones into a newly formed group , New British Land . |
| 21 | There are those who believe that their houses are built over tombs , unknown to archaeologists , and that the owners still supplement their incomes by selling off the contents bit by bit on the black market . |
| 22 | This proposal for foreign guarantees against external interference in Afghanistan was intended to strengthen the current regime in that state by sealing off the contesting forces in Afghanistan from Western and Pakistani ‘ assistance ’ while legitimising the continuation of Soviet ‘ assistance ’ . |
| 23 | The Israeli authorities responded to Toledano 's abduction by sealing off the Gaza Strip and West Bank before conducting a widespread search throughout the territories . |
| 24 | The tomato plant attracts a pest called whitefly which causes harm by feeding off the tomato and leaving sugary deposits , disfiguring the fruit and causing it to go mouldy . |
| 25 | The African National Council — one of whose leaders he is — have responded by breaking off the talks with the Smith government . |
| 26 | Well I think that 's illustrated by printing off the words , I am your son , I am adopted in your family , I am your child , I am adopted in your family . |
| 27 | Some seedsmen packet small seeds in specially designed plastic tubes that make it easier to sow finely simply by cutting off the end and tapping out the seeds . |
| 28 | Make sure the next generation has straight hair by cutting off the crusts . |
| 29 | Lastly , everyone I 've spoken to on the subject would shorten the length of the bass by cutting off the V-shaped cleft in the headstock , which adds nought to the decorative aspect of the bass . |
| 30 | Potentially damaging foreign influences were minimized after 1640 by cutting off the country from virtually all contact with the outside world . |