Example sentences of "to shake off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts . |
| 2 | It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts . |
| 3 | Charles took longer to shake off the shrouds . |
| 4 | 2 But in other counties desire to shake off the burden of the hated Forest law had fostered the growth of traditions which sought to justify its abolition . |
| 5 | It seemed to her like the anus of the entire factory : a black tunnel that extruded the castings , still encased in black sand , like hot , reeking , iron turds , on to a metal grid that vibrated violently and continuously to shake off the sand . |
| 6 | It was part of the failure of the comprehensive schools to shake off the image of ‘ grammar schools for all ’ . |
| 7 | In the early 1970s , industry observers thought that IBM was strong enough to shake off the challenge from Japan . |
| 8 | The poverty-stricken Spanish people were attempting to shake off the shackles and feudalism imposed mainly by the Catholic church . |
| 9 | It took her several minutes to shake off the resulting stupefaction . |
| 10 | ALAN SHEARER looks certain to shake off the leg injury that cut short his two-goal display against Leeds on Boxing Day . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Premier League leading scorer Alan Shearer looks certain to shake off the leg injury that cut short his two-goal display against Leeds on Boxing Day in time for Blackburn 's visist to Ipswich today . |
| 12 | However , Baker had to call on his years of experience to shake off the gritty Ballymena man , who made all the running , but faltered over the final ends . |
| 13 | Ted resumed the operation of the cabin and tried to shake off the depressing atmosphere that now pervaded the small room . |
| 14 | To the great distress of his father , a natural conformist who was most anxious to secure a permanent post for his brilliant son , Wolfgang decided to shake off the shackles of patronage , and leave provincial Salzburg to go freelance in cosmopolitan Vienna . |
| 15 | But in contrast to the sturdy independence of the encircling nations , many of the island-groups within have still to shake off the mastery of foreign powers , and remain in subjugation . |
| 16 | Only through such an accidental , miraculous chance could anyone expect to shake off the yoke of grimly limited prospects . |
| 17 | He still finds it difficult to shake off the smock-and-straw image of the unintelligent country yokel and to convince those outside the industry of his skill and versatility . |
| 18 | To shake off the mood of secrecy , he took her out . |
| 19 | That was it until handover on Monday , which she hoped would be enough time to shake off the cold that had been dogging her for the last couple of days . |
| 20 | Ian was quick to shake off the dust , however , and went on to become one of Glasgow 's heroes . |
| 21 | Resolutely she tried to shake off the memories , but they persisted . |
| 22 | She tried to shake off the feelings but it was sheer impossibility and he smiled down at her . |
| 23 | For Gould , eager to shake off the connotations of his previous post as museum curator , and besieged by allegations of being an ‘ indoor naturalist ’ , a sojourn spent collecting in the southern hemisphere would silence even his most vociferous opponents . |
| 24 | He made an irritable gesture of flapping his cloak to shake off the water . |
| 25 | He walked away quickly , trying to shake off the unnerving effect of the encounter . |
| 26 | It took us about two minutes to get into the basement flat , about five minutes for Nicola to shake off the giggles and about another five for me to brief her as to what to say . |
| 27 | A statute of 1388 attempted to reinforce the Statute of Labourers , the measure enacted to control wages after the Black Death of 1348–49 , but attempts in 1389 to put it into practice showed that men were trying to shake off the stigma of villein tenure , even at the cost of taking a cash wage worth less in real terms than the combination of cash and food which they had been paid previously , insisting on working by the day rather than contracting for a yearly wage , and exploiting the possibility of alternative employment ( 65 , pp.92–5 ) . |
| 28 | Oxford United 's new owners are still trying to shake off the Maxwell legacy . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's difficult to shake off the ‘ us and them ’ feeling and realise that there 's only ‘ us ’ . ’ |
| 30 | The Hibs manager , Alex Miller , was also disappointed , because leading scorer , Darren Jackson , had failed to shake off the stomach injury which had seen him miss the Scottish Cup victory over Cowdenbeath earlier in the week . |