Example sentences of "off the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | By killing off the stable element of the fictional character , she abandons a realist notion of the individual identity and the narrative norms which subtend it , freeing the way for a concept of subjectivity and a form of writing in which these factors do not come into play . |
| 2 | To ward off the smothering tendencies of the bishops , permanent secretaries and dons , the Prime Minister had a shifting circle of advisers to protect her , and another group who would replenish the fund of radical ideas . |
| 3 | Laugh off the endless epithetising of everyone who crosses his path — his ‘ pretty elder daughter ’ , the ‘ renowned tailor ’ , even my own guest appearance as ‘ that respected mountaineer ’ ; roar aloud at the over-the-topness of the following : ‘ That evening at dinner the flap of our tent opened and in strode a figure of heroic majesty . |
| 4 | Gregory 's programme of radical reform depended upon the law and a renewed interest in legal study and declaration provided the impetus which sparked off the legal renaissance of the twelfth century . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ If we cut off the right hands of thieves in this country , we would be well off — because then there would be no burglaries . ’ |
| 6 | They are disgusted with a decision which must kill off the all-important chance of exposing a form of cheating that has spread with alarming haste as bowlers find ways of getting the old ball to swing violently late . |
| 7 | To win Test matches , one has to take wickets consistently , and a high proportion of chances come off the outside edge of the bat . |
| 8 | The only big businesses to receive a boost were oil companies : they will be allowed to write off the total cost of shutting down offshore oil fields against any corporation tax incurred during the last three years of a field 's working life . |
| 9 | Mr Bush turned to attacks in a last bid to keep his job and pull off the political upset of the century and ripped into ‘ the slippery one ’ as a man who can not be trusted during a hectic five-state blitz to shore up his support . |
| 10 | The adrenaline makes her giggle , and still rising noradrenaline levels set off the familiar beat of passion . |
| 11 | ( ii ) When all desired cells on a slide are located , float off the round discs of plastic onto the surface of distilled water contained in a large square glass staining dish . |
| 12 | We also felt that Zephyr had been under pressure due to her immense popularity and had been given little opportunity to show off the gentle side of her nature — in the same way the more extrovert patients had dominated the evening while those of shy and retiring nature had slightly missed out . |
| 13 | The announcement was in response to the enormous oil spill off the southern tip of the Shetland Islands : eleven million tons of oil destined for western European countries passes through the Venetian Lagoon each year , bound for the port of Marghera . |
| 14 | He would no doubt be fending off the polite questioning of Ralarth 's lords throughout the meal . |
| 15 | The Pacific boundary-line would then pass to the seaward of Tonga and Fiji , curve back westwards to New Guinea , head north and east through Guam and Iwo Jima ; pass off the eastern shores of the Japanese chain , head up to Kamchatka and rejoin the North American continent off the Aleutians . |
| 16 | This , Jenkins 's prognosis of Thursday morning ( ‘ I would put no-one off the official odds of 5–1 against England ’ ) might just be construed as tipping an England win — if they won . |
| 17 | It would be misleading therefore , effectively to write off the outer circle of kin as significant sources of support in British society . |
| 18 | The 1919 Versailles Conference decision to award Shandong to Japan sparked off the nationalist eruption of the 4 May Movement in Beijing and a boycott of Japanese goods . |
| 19 | By making such groups irrelevant , the State can write off the progressive movements of the last 20 years . |
| 20 | Both were brilliant statements , although ‘ Kennedy ’ showed off the mature sense of melody expected of band on a major label . |
| 21 | After he has killed off the whole lot of them in various ways , he shouts in triumph , ‘ Jesus , I got 'em all ! ’ |
| 22 | Soul II Soul take a British approach to race relations and pull off the difficult trick of combining black pride sentiments with a benevolent multiracialism . |
| 23 | Part road movie , part love story and part social commentary , Autobus pulls off the difficult trick of making a simple tale resonate with complex themes and emotions |
| 24 | Shaking off the very idea of a German father was a wriggle of the shoulders , the thin cotton sleeves pushed down . |
| 25 | Our breath made huge clouds of steam which hid our faces as we talked , and we hopped about and shrugged elaborately to ward off the penetrating fingers of cold that probed at our necks and hands . |
| 26 | He is learning to enjoy a new range of sour and bitter flavours , of gamey meat and dungy cheese , to set off the wholesome bread of his daily life . |
| 27 | She hesitated , but Guy did n't turn round , and she retreated inside the spare room and pushed the door slowly closed behind her , trying to fight off the dreadful sense of anti-climax . |
| 28 | Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence . |
| 29 | Among particularly serious instances of pollution picked out in the report were the following : , Heavy use of pesticides polluting rivers across the crop growing areas of the Russian republic ; , Untreated industrial effluent from the Volga slowly killing off the marine life of the Caspian Sea ; , High levels of dioxin in mothers ' milk in Moscow ; , The continuing consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident , rendering much of the countryside of the Ukraine and Belorussia uncultivatable ; , Waste from aluminium factories in Uzbekistan , poisoning the land for miles around . |
| 30 | Water-based paints dry quickly , and can get ‘ caught ’ in the rough edges of natural bristle , but glide off the smooth sides of Waterbase 's filaments to give a faster and better quality finish . |