Example sentences of "off the " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , facing into the wind while waiting for a launch , a tyre on the wing-tip is just a convenient way of preventing the wing from lifting off the ground . |
| 32 | Unless the wing-tips are weighted down with a tyre , one wing lifting off the ground means that the other will come down on to another glider with expensive results . |
| 33 | If a trailer begins to ‘ snake ’ , the swinging often develops so quickly that within seconds there is no way of stopping it and avoiding going right off the road . |
| 34 | I learned about trailer driving the hard way during a competition retrieve , when an enthusiastic crew member took us off the road with an Eagle two-seater in the trailer . |
| 35 | On one occasion a very experienced pilot in a Nimbus 2 was starting on a car launch when it swung off the runway into a K8 which was some distance ahead . |
| 36 | Moreover , the strength of the kink is so low that it will often fail when the glider is only just off the ground . |
| 37 | Worse still , if the stick is being held back the aircraft may bounce off the ground into an even more nose-high attitude and at an even lower speed . |
| 38 | This involves getting the aircraft into an attitude with the tail-wheel or skid just off the ground . |
| 39 | A rapid winch launch will tend to pitch the glider back on to the tail , making a larger forward movement necessary to get the tail off the ground and so ensure a margin of speed when the aircraft takes off . |
| 40 | With all types of glider , it is wise to hold the stick right forward for the initial part of the ground run , so that there is no possibility of the glider zooming off the ground and into a steep climb if the winch driver applies full power too quickly . |
| 41 | This is so serious that for world championship flying , many gliders are now fitted with a means of cleaning off the leading edges of the wings in flight . |
| 42 | Look carefully for single wires leading off the main lines and running across the fields to individual cottages . |
| 43 | Do n't keep putting off the choice . |
| 44 | This means concentrating on the tow and only taking your eyes off the towplane for a brief moment . |
| 45 | If so , remember it will require a forward movement on the stick to get the tail off the ground , unlike most of the two-seaters . |
| 46 | Try to get a small amount of airbrake on and keep the glider off the ground as long as you can , even if it floats a long way into the airfield . |
| 47 | Most smoke alarms have a test button which sets off the alarm when pressed . |
| 48 | He suggests the army could no longer be used to drain off the unemployable proletariat by conscription , nor could the newly independent colonies be used to dump the troublesome of society ( see also Hughes 1987 ) . |
| 49 | Alderson is revealingly described : ‘ poor old John Alderson [ has ] gone careering off the rails , [ and is ] now shacked up with the liberal party … an intellectual liberal reformer with radical ideas [ whose ] philosophical mumbo jumbo , often incomprehensible , and not very original , did nothing to impress ’ . |
| 50 | The place is off the beaten track , two bumpy miles wrecking the car suspension and who gives a damn ? |
| 51 | Dragged off the dole queue and hating every minute . |
| 52 | And then you lift your feet off the ground and rush round and round , faster and faster and the momentum even twists the chain up again the other way ? ’ |
| 53 | ‘ Well , your Lucy has got you winding her chain , darling , and she just wo n't take her feet off the ground and let go — am I right ? ’ |
| 54 | Making lunch for Lucy and Francis , giving her lifts here and there when her car was off the road , calling her just to see how she was , ordering her home when she looked exhausted , plying her with remedies if she had a cold , rubbing her back if she was tense . |
| 55 | At every competition you will see karateka working hard to sweat off the extra weight in time for a re-weigh . |
| 56 | Some competitors just are n't quick enough off the mark , or they hold back instead of thrusting in strongly . |
| 57 | ‘ Dig in ’ and throw a snap punch off the front fist as your opponent Turn your hips and shoulders behind the punch and strike the opponent strongly in the chest . |
| 58 | Then snap punch off the front fist into the opponent 's face . |
| 59 | Wait for the opponent to move , or force him to pull his weight off the front foot before sweeping or hooking it . |
| 60 | ‘ Angus ’ — he dropped the timber he was lifting , letting it clank off the others , and turned to look at him with widened eyes and squared mouth , like the face of someone taking a great strain . |