Example sentences of "off under the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 2 | The trouble is , us council owners will be worse off under the Labour council |
| 3 | The Government 's claim that those on low incomes will be better off under the new scheme , or at least see their financial position protected , is unlikely to be borne out by events . |
| 4 | A court dealing with an offender who is already subject to a community service order may make a further consecutive order , so long as the total number of hours remaining to be performed does not exceed 240 ( as this is a matter of principle rather than statute , the court is prepared to contemplate minor departures , as where the offender has very few hours to work off under the original order . ) |
| 5 | However , some consumers , and these will be the poorer ones , will be worse off under the two-part tariff regime because they consume fewer than x units under average cost pricing , so charging a lump sum fee unc makes them pay a higher effective price for their units or forces them to consume fewer or even to drop out entirely . |