Example sentences of "[is] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new . |
2 | Silksworth professional Keith Trotter is off to a good start while Houghton are thankful that they injury to Neil Bainbridge is not as serious as first thought . |
3 | Hampered by a lack of guidelines the Chancellor 's initiative to encourage private investment in public projects is off to a slow start . |
4 | Bob is off to a Healing Service . |
5 | Again , this all helps with cementing the initial relationship and if the first impression is a good one , the practitioner is off to a flying start , which could help if there are difficulties at a later stage with the transaction . |
6 | Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a few thousand to go before he can ever catch Carson … that ca n't be done in jump racing of course … but the new champion is off to a flying start to the new season … two winners on saturday he won the first at Newton Abbot this afternoon |
7 | FORMER window fitter Thomas Carter is off to a flying start in his new career . |
8 | ‘ Sometimes it does get me down , but I get over that and then it is off to the next place . ’ |
9 | Then you get so drunk that he steals your cab and he 's off on the loose once more . ’ |
10 | He apparently retains his seat on Silicon Graphics Inc 's board and his post as head of Mips ' architecture committee but it seems he 's off with a new venture-backed workstation company called NetPower Systems Inc . |
11 | The Microprocessor Report expects Bob Miller to be replaced at MIPS Technologies Inc : he apparently retains his seat on Silicon Graphics Inc 's board and his post as head of MIPS ' architecture committee but it seems he 's off with a new venture-backed workstation company called NetPower Systems Inc ; he would n't discuss product plans but the newsletter thinks that it will market low-cost MIPS R-series workstations made by OEM suppliers . |
12 | Dad goes on like that , especially when his secretary 's off with a nervous breakdown again . |
13 | The 1991 season is full of promise with the Under 13 's off to a good start and Jim expects the Under 15 's to finish in the top halp of the Paisley District League . |
14 | British under 16 champion twice now he 's off to the European Championships … |
15 | Before lining up for the first race of the season it 's off to the now-standard bits-and-bobs shop , where you can spend up to $100,000 upgrading your jalopy . |