Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Main picture : In the kitchen/dining room a magnificent arrangement of satin ribbons finishes off the table setting |
| 2 | The administrative receiver appointed , Touche Ross , was instrumental in persuading the Revenue to allow shareholders to write off the value of the shares against capital gains tax . |
| 3 | It was part of the failure of the comprehensive schools to shake off the image of ‘ grammar schools for all ’ . |
| 4 | Without warning the air was split by a high pitched banshee wail , rising and falling on a sliding scale of pain that would have made the slates fall off the roof if there had been any . |
| 5 | The Church of England vicar blessed the Northamp-tonshire stately home , splashed holy water on the walls and said prayers to ward off the spirit . |
| 6 | Everywhere , transistors give off the Reggae beat , making the place a party that never stops , and that might catch fire . |
| 7 | We agreed the sixty eight posts to start off the Poll Tax . |
| 8 | The organisers of CeBIT ‘ 93 chose InterView , Fibronics International Inc 's network management system , to manage NewsNet — the live FDDI network connects over 300 networking companies exhibiting in Halls 12 and 14 and is used to enable exhibiting companies to show off the functionality of their wares . |
| 9 | One resembles a small trowel with a knurled wheel , that sets up a vibration to help the seeds drop off the end in a controlled way — a useful aid for sowing in straight lines . |
| 10 | Their duty is to tell blacks that although group political activism can stop discrimination , growing rich , wise and safe is then up to the individual — to hammer home a message of homework , punctuality , saving and self-discipline , the things that helped America 's immigrants get off the floor . |
| 11 | Free banking was brought in by the big banks to fight off the challenge of building societies , who were offering high-interest accounts . |
| 12 | She estimated it would take her 11 years to pay off the debt . |
| 13 | The banks write off the fraud within their accounts but our pricing has to take account of it , so ultimately its borne by the general public . |
| 14 | GrandMet — whose enquiry to UBS about the book 's contents sparked off the row uses nine out of 12 possible accounting devices . |
| 15 | The way in which community care projects get off the ground quickly is to have a small project team of three or four people with the task of steering it through from start to finish , working under the guidance of a strong chairman . |
| 16 | They are to share in a grant of around £12,500 donated by the Ireland Fund in Canada to help new integrated projects get off the ground . |
| 17 | Now she exclusively tells PETER GRANT about her four years with the top soap and reveals that she wanted the writers to kill off the character of Chrissie Rogers . |
| 18 | As Ronnie Convery found out , local activists hope to capitalise on the company 's financial problems to kill off the incinerator plan . |
| 19 | ‘ Faster go the drums , faster spin the dancers , rush torches show off the paint and the sweat on them — they begin to smash small bottles of some holy liquid and first stab themselves with the broken glass — with no apparent injury , they do not even bleed — and then they eat the glass itself . |
| 20 | The hands of the clock spin round , the pages drop off the calendar , shots of punting and cricket replace those of rowing and rugby . |
| 21 | More than a hundred thousand compact discs roll off the production line at EMI in Swindon every day . |
| 22 | As 12-ounce cans of vegetables bounce off the side of my car , one of them smashing my rearview mirror and another sailing with surprising accuracy through my open car window and striking me on the shoulder , I decide to call it quits for the night and return in daylight . |
| 23 | Even today , he is sure that subconsciously the experience continues to affect him , especially when storm , rain or trees trigger off the train of associations . |
| 24 | It begins in 1933 as physicist Leo Szilard ( Michael Tucker ) escapes Berlin just before the Nazis seal off the city . |
| 25 | Since the first of these measures runs counter to the purposes of binding , it can not be considered acceptable ; it is suggested , therefore , that , wherever possible , current procedures for channelling material to and through the bindery be investigated , with a view to reducing to a minimum the time which such items spend off the shelf . |
| 26 | Okay okay just so I ca n't I need a couple more calls to finish off the programme and take a couple more records er O nine O four six four one six four one would you ring me . |
| 27 | But that was before doctors switched off the ventilator that had kept him alive ever since he ran in terror from one IRA bomb into the full force of another . |
| 28 | Under what circumstances may the doctors switch off the ventilator ? |
| 29 | The area where Julie and Elizabeth were killed is sparsely populated and most of the Zulu inhabitants live off the land or do odd jobs . |
| 30 | Little bits fall off the car , some trifling part has been improperly milled , a mechanic makes a mistake . |