Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [verb] off [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start , you need a bricklaying trowel for spreading the mortar bed in which each course of bricks or blocks is laid , for buttering mortar on to the end of each brick before you place it , and for trimming off excess mortar afterwards . |
| 2 | At the heart of this home is the fire — alight for cooking , warmth , and for warding off wild animals . |
| 3 | The procedure covered all cases of euthanasia expressly requested by the patient , of assisted suicide , and of switching off life-support systems for patients in a coma or severely handicapped new-born children . |
| 4 | At the national level , women 's political participation was confined to the ladies auxiliaries of the Conservative and Liberal parties , which were formed during the 1880s and 1890s as a means of making use of women 's formidable political energies and of siphoning off potential protest |
| 5 | The way of doubt is not itself the path to truth , but in sealing off mistaken approaches it provides an impetus to the search . |