Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] set off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vendor 's company may be able to carry earlier losses forward to set off against the gain or if the capital assets were bought by the company only within the past few years , it is possible that there may be a loss rather than a gain . |
| 2 | Some writers probably set off with that idea in the back of their minds , but up to now Hannah has disarmed them all . |
| 3 | The men immediately set off in one direction , scrambling down through the trees and undergrowth towards the subsidiary valley where the shot had sounded . |
| 4 | The knocker boys usually set off in groups of three or four , targeting a particular area that is likely to throw up worthwhile items . |
| 5 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |