Example sentences of "off [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not seen as a serious military problem , these naval and air assets were seized mainly to cut off possible escape routes for Gen Noriega and his supporters . |
| 2 | When I went off that morning Bill did not recognize me . |
| 3 | Letter to the Editor : Sell off Scots assembly building |
| 4 | At the eleventh hour he managed to prevent a sheriff 's officer from taking goods from his home to pay off outstanding business debts . |
| 5 | ‘ In some parts of the UK cuts in local authority spending and the move to the purchaser-provider split meant that for the first time students coming off social work courses were having real difficulties finding jobs ’ Weinstein said . |
| 6 | If it were closed down suppose 750 of the men would not expect to find another job and would have to live off social security payments . |
| 7 | In response to after-dinner questions at an RPR function in Orléans , Chirac had said that the immigration policies of the Socialist Party ( PS ) had led to an " overdose " , and described a hypothetical immigrant with multiple wives and 20 children , living off social security payments . |
| 8 | That emerged after Hoko saw off gutsy Frenchman Fabrice Benichou through a gashed upper lip in the 10th round of his WBC title defence in Toulouse . |
| 9 | Cold water washes off fresh emulsion paint , and acetone removes cellulose . |
| 10 | Selling off public sector land and buildings can be a highly lucrative activity ( in the short term ) . |
| 11 | Guy Sabini shows off another soaraway Spam exclusive |
| 12 | Sun Microsystems Inc pulled off another recruiting coup last week enticing MIPS vice president Chet Silvestri into the Sun fold as vice president , technology sales , a newly created slot reporting to Joe Roebuck , SMCC 's vice president of worldwide field operations . |
| 13 | NORMAN Whiteside makes his debut as a TV expert on Wednesday , backing Billy Bingham to pull off another World Cup miracle . |
| 14 | The only thing that would help would be if we could finish off this Leila business . ’ |
| 15 | Wilkes was escorted from the pitch by police after sending off teenage winger Barkus who lashed out after being felled as he went for goal . |
| 16 | Alexandra stood up , found she was standing on her own hem , bobbed a little to release herself and confronted a large , commanding woman pulling off brown suede gloves . |
| 17 | So I reckon ( hope ! ) the Guardian has got hold of this off some Derby source who is talking out the back of their heads . |
| 18 | Inside I saw Joseph Cotten on the phone , rattling off some scare story about the Monster that Ate the City . |
| 19 | But others who could manage to carry off some prize plants were delighted : |
| 20 | If there were large regions of anti-matter in our galaxy , we would expect to observe large quantities of radiation from the borders between the regions of matter and antimatter , where many particles would be colliding with their antiparticles , annihilating each other and giving off high energy radiation . |
| 21 | Macintyre from Milton Keynes has decided to rub shoulders to challenge the professionals at showing off and hopefully selling off high class quality work . |
| 22 | They kept off further shop talk until they were having coffee in the lounge , when Wycliffe said , ‘ Before you became an administrative officer you did two years as a DC flatfooting around . |
| 23 | It spent a third of a million pounds on this flare siphoning off dangerous methane gas — and has these Nigerian Lanner Falcons on constant guard against flocks of seagulls which can be a danger to planes from nearby RAF bases . |
| 24 | If such staff are promoted does it block off future promotion prospects for recruits ? |
| 25 | I ate off tiny silver plates , with silver knives and forks . |
| 26 | So if you 're going to plan ahead , now , which I think is the only thing you can do in the circumstances … what I suggest is a with-profits endowment policy linked to a seven-year maturity date with yearly incrementals — optional , if you like , or you can build them in , it depends how optimistic you are about your career , ha ha — leaving a little bit of the schools fees to pay at the time , but there will be a big chunk taken out , that 's for sure … and do it off monthly standing orders of around … let's say … five hundred a month ? |
| 27 | Some of these issues set off fewer alarm bells today and perhaps for most of us they are of less social concern . |
| 28 | New American money is watched very closely ; old money flogging off Grand Tour treasures ( the Duke of Beaufort 's cabinet sold for £8.58 million to baby- powder heiress Basia Johnson ) ; even auction-house staff ( how many people are in love with Grey Gowrie ? |
| 29 | For weeks , staying in youth hostels and living off substantial farmhouse teas , I wandered the Dales in all weathers , often struggling in the fine morning drizzle along high paths that led only into the clouds , then turning , rewarded , to watch the sunlight dipping through the hills and valleys as the rain stopped , glistening on the crags and throwing giant shadows on the slopes . |
| 30 | When it vanished , it was equivalent to switching off 100,000 power stations the size of Didcot power station . |