Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] off [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHESTER Branch fought off tough competition , not least from the existing account holders National Westminster , to win the banking contract for the new Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust . |
| 2 | Vauxhall beat off worldwide competition for the engine plant contract . |
| 3 | This small country in Central America was one of the first to seize the opportunity to write off international debt by trading a commitment to large-scale national nature conservation , and that good start is being taken much further . |
| 4 | Gazza laughs off big derby pressure |
| 5 | He picked me up and clear of the beer keg so that the flex holding my legs came off clear hut it stayed on my ankles , acting as a hobble . |
| 6 | Georgi Khizha was one of three industrialists brought into government in May 1992 as part of an attempt to buy off conservative opposition to the reformist government of Yegor Gaidar . |
| 7 | Conversely , stresses on the mental and emotional levels can have an effect on the physical body ; for example , duodenal ulcers in executives under pressure or bereavement triggering off rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 8 | From this side of the Atlantic , the pointless remake of Wuthering Heights looks like a deliberate attempt to finish off British film ( crap dialogue , laughable Barnsley-by-the-Seine accent from Juliette Binoche and Sinéad O'Connor as Emily Brönte ) . |
| 9 | STUDENT leaders have started an unprecedented shake-up of their associations in an attempt to stave off imminent legislation to end compulsory membership . |
| 10 | STUDENT leaders have started an unprecedented shake-up of university and college student associations in an attempt to stave off imminent legislation to end compulsory membership . |
| 11 | The assassinations in Tunis sparked off angry protest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip , in defiance of widespread curfews imposed by the Israeli occupying authorities . |
| 12 | Sacheverell 's trial the next spring sparked off widespread rioting in London , and although Sacheverell was eventually found guilty , he received the mild sentence of three years ' suspension from preaching . |
| 13 | He called upon Iranians to throw off foreign influence . |
| 14 | In an attempt to head off possible dissension , the NPKC introduced sweeping tax cuts on Feb. 28 . |
| 15 | It spent a third of a million pounds on this flare siphoning off dangerous methane gas — and has these Nigerian Lanner Falcons on constant guard against flocks of seagulls which can be a danger to planes from nearby RAF bases . |
| 16 | summits shrugging off grim forest |
| 17 | IBM SHOWS OFF PERSONAL COMPUTER YOU ORDER ABOUT |
| 18 | At the eleventh hour he managed to prevent a sheriff 's officer from taking goods from his home to pay off outstanding business debts . |
| 19 | The isotopes give off long-lasting alpha radiation and the waste will remain dangerous for 3000 years or more . |
| 20 | But the most striking anomaly of Labour 's plans is the way it treats millionaires living off unearned income . |
| 21 | It is hard not to sympathise with his desire to knock off managing director Duncan , a hammy , cantankerous old fool in Kevin Stoney 's playing . |
| 22 | THE President of Bosnia-Hercegovina , Mr Alija Izetbegovic , appealed yesterday for United Nations intervention to stave off civil war as fierce clashes swept across Bosnia and neighbouring Croatia , leaving at least 19 people dead . |
| 23 | Firelight glinted off satiny flesh as they moved , their bodies like molten gold , fluid and changing as they sought the ultimate fusion . |
| 24 | Acid rain killing off Welsh river trout |
| 25 | On the other hand Jesus fought off false teaching , whether the arguments of men like the Sadducees or the insidious suggestions of the arch-enemy in the desert , with the words of his Bible . |
| 26 | The answer to this is surely a date stamp which will force the disorganised or unscrupulous outlet to sell off old stock cheaply or discard it . |
| 27 | Cold water washes off fresh emulsion paint , and acetone removes cellulose . |
| 28 | ACTRESS Emily Lloyd shows off new boyfriend Nick Savalas , son of Kojak star Telly Savalas at a Hollywood barbeque . |
| 29 | Despite the evidence in front of our eyes , we are required to accept that Michael is a writer of real stature so that Harwood can conduct a somewhat stodgy debate about the way art feeds off real life , and transforms reality in the process . |
| 30 | Water patterns bounce off polished chrome , the fibreglass shell is honed to a waxy sheen of pearl . |