Example sentences of "[verb] off [prep] the long " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the performance of monocrystalline cells drops off with the longer wavelengths of light in this spectrum . |
| 2 | The servant , a white-coated padder trained for the infrequent appearance of people like us , goes off on the long march to the kitchens . |
| 3 | Finish off with the long , stroking movements with which you began in Step 1 . |
| 4 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 5 | Madge was attended by six little Burmese bridesmaids , who as soon as she arrived started off up the long aisle , and she followed with the kind friend at whose house she had spent the previous two nights and who ‘ gave her away ’ . |
| 6 | Another former Conservative Cabinet minister , David Howell , chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , praised the Budget as a ‘ balanced and prudent ’ statement which would pay off in the long term . |
| 7 | The party leadership 's case — that the Scottish Secretary would be forced to select councillors to sit on the Committee of the Regions from a list supplied by the four parties , and this was a key concession which would pay off in the long term — was acknowledged by committee members . |
| 8 | So , if you have to cope with recrimination , invidious comparisons and abuse from your son or daughter , take the long view and remain solid and safe ; it may be painful for you , but it will pay off in the longer term . |
| 9 | ‘ Contacts at professional and academic level , seminars , familiarisation with techniques , will build up a rapport which tends to pay off in the long run , ’ he said . |
| 10 | This management style appears to have paid off in the long and short terms . |
| 11 | Two of us set off up the long path from Aberarder at the mind-bogglingly stupid time of 11.30 a.m . |
| 12 | However , Jacques Etienne never forgot his Hebridean origins and in 1826 set off on the long , difficult journey to his father 's home at Howbeg . |