Example sentences of "one [noun] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the zone of tension between the Soviet Union and the West allowed national liberation movements to play one side off against the other : on the one hand , fear of ‘ communism ’ induced some colonial powers to make political concessions , while on the other the Soviet Union often provided political support , arms and training to these movements . |
| 2 | You need to present a united front and avoid taking sides or playing one child off against the other . |
| 3 | The child may gravitate to the parent that is easier to manipulate or try to play one parent off against the other . |
| 4 | It was my one night off of the week , and a lot of thought went into how I spent it . |
| 5 | Under strain for a start because it was technically ill-equipped to avert disaster or to cope with the consequences when disaster struck ; under strain from commercial pressures which , as the inquiry puts it , ‘ compromised ’ safety ; under strain above all because the people on the spot could n't or would n't cope , were weary from gruesome working hours ( the senior signal technician who heads the list of the culpable had had only one day off in the past 13 weeks ) , lacked adequate training , or simply could n't be bothered . |
| 6 | Fitting the water softener is a matter of breaking into the rising main and ‘ teeing ’ one pipe off to the softener and another from it ; a third pipe connecting the two tees contains a by-pass valve which is shut when the water softener is in use and open when it is not . |
| 7 | ‘ There are some women , ’ Fen said with a bitterness in his voice which aroused Robbie 's curiosity , ‘ who have no objection to playing one man off against the other . ’ |
| 8 | He is said by reliable sources to be negotiating with both the US and Iran for compensation to give up the business , playing one nation off against the other . |