Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] off the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you have to do in this case is to strip off the paint from the binding edge , then plane off a little wood before repainting — including the vulnerable top and bottom edges of the window . |
| 2 | Apart from the obvious one which is to jump off the mountain incorrectly and kill yourself , the possibility for public humiliation is delightfully endless . |
| 3 | The purpose of this process of doubting is to strain off the dross of uncertainty and to leave behind a residue of knowledge — objective , certain , universal . |
| 4 | But Sotheby 's eventually won the day , causing an annoyed Christie 's to tip off The New York Times before Sotheby 's could proudly announce their coup . |
| 5 | The most practical way of examining the list is to tick off the items in each column that you expect definitely to apply and , where possible , to write down the expenditure involved in the adjacent box ( see Budget Planner , pages 120–25 ) . |
| 6 | If I move as privately as possible , it is to hold off the fools and rogues until the thing has a chance of success . |
| 7 | Roof-bolt technology is the key to the leap in productivity that BC will need if it is to beat off the challenge from gas and imported coal and prevent the industry being reduced to a handful of pits . |
| 8 | We could have an interesting separate debate about the role of sponsorship , but we accept that , if any sport in this country is to get off the ground , such sponsorship is a mandatory part of the scene . |
| 9 | The alternative is to scare off the enemy and this is done by inflating the body and raising the rear end of it towards the approaching assailant . |
| 10 | The wisest course is to take off the bud and burn it — you will not get a bloom anyway . |
| 11 | Elemental , annotated or operational bills may be of greater value but the most reliable system is to take off the quantities from the drawings . |
| 12 | On December 29th Richard Gephardt , majority leader in the House , said that if the president waged war without a congressional resolution , ‘ Congress has to reach for the only tool left to it , which is to cut off the funding of the war . ’ |