Example sentences of "off an [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Editor , — Richard Smith 's editorial on academic medicine touched off an air of discontent within me . |
| 2 | The person who is terrified of storms , while restraining him or herself from hiding in the hall cupboard , will still give off an aura of anxiety to a child who will then come automatically to associate fear with the sound of thunder . |
| 3 | White shirts for day give off an atmosphere of drip-drying which is not elegant . |
| 4 | In this context , Felicity ( Alice was still trying to banish the word ‘ squaw ’ from her mind ) Felicity gave off an impression of light and warmth , as if she had never presented herself as dark . |
| 5 | Take a meter reading off an area of grassland and lock in . |