Example sentences of "[vb infin] off [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst hand planes require careful honing , setting and adjustment of blade , the electric version can shave off excess wood quickly and easily . |
| 2 | In the ninth century , one poet praised its beauty , while another drowned in it ; salt-traders and vintners plied it as a matter of routine ; nobles and religious communities with estates on both sides of it had boats ready for regular crossings and landing-stages where their men could send off surplus produce for sale and unload imports for their masters ' consumption ; Vikings contemplated arduous upstream journeys , but quick getaways ; Charles the Bald , worried over strategic problems , planned the river 's blocking , and policing , and also exploited the symbolic possibilities of meetings at Orléans , Fleury , Cosne , Meung , Pouilly to which nobles must come from Aquitaine by crossing the river while Charles himself received his visitors on the Frankish side . |
| 3 | An indoor basket will show off trailing Asparagus sprengeri |
| 4 | You can soak off old glue in water , but you may have to chisel or sand away modern adhesives and you 'll have to use a chisel to clean out the mortise . |
| 5 | On 18 September , Environment Minister Chris Patten flew to Brussels for talks with Environment Commissioner Carlo Ripa di Meana , according to The Times still ‘ optimistic that he could head off threatened prosecution of Britain by the European Court ’ by showing that ‘ Britain was doing everything it could to comply with the European drinking water legislation . ’ |
| 6 | But the fact that dominant classes can throw off liberal democracy when they do not wish to abide by the rules does not prove that those rules are themselves capitalist instruments . |
| 7 | The pattern caused problems , in that the circumstances which might trigger off renewed fighting were unpredictable ; yet the moment an opportunity offered , princes had to be prepared for invading their enemies ; there was no time for lengthy preparation . |
| 8 | The Return key which denotes the start of the new paragraph can also trigger off other paragraph attributes . |
| 9 | ‘ Petrol , ’ I said , ‘ these things do n't run off fresh air , you know . ’ |
| 10 | Local hierarchy did not always read off academic excellence as the desired end of local practice , so that there was less concern in these rural areas for the fate of the top few than for that of the majority . |
| 11 | Now researchers think that the sudden drop in oestrogen-type hormones after she gives birth to her baby may spark off rheumatoid arthritis |
| 12 | But he and his players know a poor performance against Scotland in the wake of the Brazilian defeat would spark off intense criticism in the German media . |
| 13 | The president 's disappointing administrative reform will pare off public spending worth only 0.5% of GDP . |
| 14 | Charity knew she was n't going to look gorgeous no matter what she did , and deciding she needed all the help she could get to lure in those tips that might hold off personal bankruptcy for three months , she had purchased the skirt and shirt — with six other summery , playful outfits that she would probably never be able to wear again as long as she lived . |
| 15 | A rifleman armed with the deadly Hochland Long Rifle can pick off individual enemy amongst the opposing army . |
| 16 | So why do n't you both get off prime time telly immediately and make way for the new generation ? |
| 17 | So why do n't you both get off prime time telly immediately and make way for the new generation ? |
| 18 | So why do n't you both get off prime time telly immediately and make way for the new generation ? |
| 19 | Committee members are concerned that rumours about plans to close Whitminster could put off potential cash donors . |
| 20 | Revolutionary Marxists can write off liberal democracy as a capitalist tool , or bourgeois ‘ con trick ’ , but then liberal democracy is indistinguishable from any other form of capitalist state — such as a military or fascist regime . |
| 21 | If such staff are promoted does it block off future promotion prospects for recruits ? |
| 22 | He believes such an outcome would only tick off independent software companies . |