Example sentences of "off a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FEARS of a price war among Britain 's tour operators sparked off a fall in holiday shares yesterday . |
| 2 | THE week 's news was dominated by Chancellor Nigel Lawson 's failed attempt to stave off a rise in bank base rates . |
| 3 | It is not easy , to say nothing of being undignified , to strip off a jumper in front of an audience ! |
| 4 | She could n't walk off a boat in mid-ocean . |
| 5 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |
| 6 | Do you think we perhaps put kids off an interest in science by our sort of insistence that they have to have a solid understanding of Newton 's laws and all sorts of principles , and we lose the magic too early ? |