Example sentences of "[verb] off the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crystal chandelier was for effect only — lighting that would show off the clothes to their best advantage was brilliant yet discreet , and along one wall were racks holding some of the ready-to-wear garments . |
| 2 | Using the gold frame and choosing either a rectangular or oval shape , you could then use a mid-brown mount with a gold line drawn around the aperture , and choose a plain cream or light beige silk or satin backing with a combination of flowers in various autumnal shades with some darker brown or green leaves , to help show off the flowers to their best advantage . |
| 3 | Thus , the total quantity of pollution is regulated , but firms that can cheaply reduce pollution have an incentive to do so , and sell off the ERC to firms for which pollution reduction is more expensive . |
| 4 | In Stirling , Mr Michael Forsyth , the Scottish health and education minister and the foremost disciple of Thatcherism in Scotland , fought off the challenge to his wafer-thin majority of 548 to increase fractionally his majority to 703 . |
| 5 | From the start , pick up a crate and kill the policeman , continue right , dodging the dog on the way , climb the ladder to where the mugger prowls , dodge him and grab the ‘ ? ’ ( 50 points ) and the records , climb upwards , collecting records on the way , kill the workman with the crate and thus gain access to the roof of the building , avoid climbing the crane ( there 's nothing of interest there ) , climb up the ladder and kill the policeman , run right and jump off the edge to the end of the building . |
| 6 | As Farrah 's parents went through hell , Caren McSweeney showed off the six-month-old to customers at an Irish pub claiming she was called Chloe . |
| 7 | Slow movers may need to break off combat and leave finishing off the Champion to their swifter-moving friends if all are to get out alive ! |
| 8 | When you are ready to start , turn off the power to the circuit concerned . |
| 9 | Then turn off the power to the circuit concerned so you can safely inspect socket A's wiring . |
| 10 | The text sets out from the premiss that the beneficiary of the trust ought to obtain the actual land ( rather than its value ) ; the question therefore is who ought to pay off the creditor to whom the land is presently pledged . |
| 11 | As well as the success in managing to circumvent , persuade or buy off the opposition to nuclear power plants , France has also established a formula for building PWRs quicker than anyone else . |
| 12 | The receivers had already paid off the debt to the bank which gave rise to their appointment , but had not paid themselves first , as they were entitled to do under the terms of their appointment ( p 99 ) . |
| 13 | She twirled and turned in delight to show off the uniform to her mother Fran , adding : ‘ I 've already got two school bags one for my front and one for my back . ’ |
| 14 | That is why he manoeuvred frantically , and brilliantly , to fend off the challenge to his party leadership last month . |