Example sentences of "see off a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Omnipotent in Dublin , the Republic have the players — Whelan , Houghton , Aldridge , Cascarino , Sheedy , O'Leary — to see off a large part of the opposition in Italy . |
| 2 | This seventeenth-century mosaic ( above , right ) illustrates the way in which different species of small birds may uniquely work together to deal with the shared problem of seeing off a feared predator . |
| 3 | The ‘ rescue ’ of Continental recalls a famous victory for Germany 's business elite in seeing off a foreign interloper in the 1970s . |
| 4 | Ludmila Andrews ' Mad , Bad Mortal Beings is about the emotional turmoil of a black woman recovering from a relationship , and Sonali Fernando 's Shakti is a brief fable about a trash-collecting Asian woman who sees off a white yob with sort-of magic powers and struts around in funky transformed shoes . |
| 5 | In Glasgow Garscadden Mr Donald Dewar , Labour 's shadow Scottish secretary , saw off a strong challenge from Mr Dick Douglas , the former Labour MP who defected first to the Scottish Labour Party , and then to the SNP . |
| 6 | The Cook offer successfully saw off a full bid from Airtours . |