Example sentences of "well off " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't know the language so their choice of jobs is limited to the worst and least skilled ; they do n't know their rights so they can be intimidated , they do n't have much information about other , better off workers so they can be paid poverty-line wages . |
| 2 | Elefriends , the charity set up to help African elephants , is £8,000 better off thanks to Monsoon . |
| 3 | I reckon I 'm £10 better off most weeks . |
| 4 | Overall your health would be a lot better off your cigarette . |
| 5 | Is it not a fact that if the link with earnings had not been broken by his Government 10 years ago — indeed , nearly 12 years ago — a married pensioner would be £28 a week better off this April ? |
| 6 | In the UK and Ireland , whilst a few people are getting poorer , the majority of people are increasing their standard of living and most expect to get better off year after year . |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't have to take the dishes out of the dishwasher and put them in the dish rack and then take the cutlery out of its little plastic box and then put it in the cutlery drawer making sure that the spoons go in one compartment and the knives in another compartment and the forks in another compartment except there are always forks in the spoons compartment and knives in the forks compartment when you get there so it 's hopeless it 's always too late to get things right it 's a total frost honestly is life you are a lot better off dead in my opinion . |
| 8 | Tbilisi have 48 hours to appeal the decision but it looks as if Linfield are back in the competition — and suddenly £100,000 better off courtesy of UEFA payments and television rights . |
| 9 | Chequers fishing well off the boats and around the lone tree . |
| 10 | Merson had the opportunity to extend Arsenal 's lead when Gough and Butcher misread one another 's intentions but , in keeping with the general tone , he was well off the mark . |
| 11 | Merson had the opportunity to extend Arsenal 's lead when Gough and Butcher misread one another 's intentions but , in keeping with the general tone , he was well off the mark . |
| 12 | He ran all the way home , keeping well off the road in case Nails came in the car and insisted on giving him another lift . |
| 13 | The house was nicely furnished , stood well off the main road , and was hidden by surrounding trees . |
| 14 | Nonetheless , the music demands attention , and those in search of something rewarding but well off the beaten track and need not hesitate unduly . |
| 15 | In the Leisure Society the employed are an elite of highly educated and skilled professionals who work full-time , but the wealth created by the equipment they have designed and operate is dispersed rather widely so that the mass of the population are able to live reasonably well off the products of the automated machinery cared for by the core elite . |
| 16 | Well off the main road , Upper Buckton , a gracious Georgian farmhouse , nestles in the remote and tranquil hamlet of Buckton and overlooks the river Teme . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's well off the beaten track , ’ he continued . |
| 18 | I managed to hold the aircraft straight for a short distance , running on the nosewheel which , luckily , had escaped damage , but as the speed came off the aircraft slewed sharply left and I came to a slithering , steaming halt about 200 metres the other side of the dyke , well off the runway . |
| 19 | Pole-setters and winners in Japan , they were well off the pace in Australia and Roberts believes he knows why . |
| 20 | The gunman fired again but the bullet was well off target . |
| 21 | There are many ‘ indicators ’ for assessing how well off the people of a nation are becoming : growth in output , output per head , inflation and productivity are four of them . |
| 22 | For everyone , the lie is too upright if the club rests on the heel with the toe well off the ground . |
| 23 | ‘ We 're well off the record now , so I 'll tell you something about Jack Scamp . ’ |
| 24 | Oxenhall Church near Newent is well off the beaten track , but not it appears , to criminals . |