Example sentences of "off a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bed itself had an old , lumpy mattress which gave off a faint odour of damp or rotting fabric — or perhaps it was the lingering smell of sheep . |
| 2 | A few emergency circuits gave off a faint glow . |
| 3 | This seventeenth-century mosaic ( above , right ) illustrates the way in which different species of small birds may uniquely work together to deal with the shared problem of seeing off a feared predator . |
| 4 | If team performances slumped , as they did in 1910–11 , attendances fell disastrously , sparking off a financial crisis . |
| 5 | Rainey 's Italian team-mate Luca Cadalora won today 's event , holding off a late charge by Doohan while Schwantz settled for third after throttling back because of problems with his front tyre . |
| 6 | He held off a late charge from Rhuddlan 's Chris Davies who had a hole in one at the 179 yard 13th in his final round to take runners-up . |
| 7 | Tico on the inside , hit Miss Woolco at the initial corner but came off best and shot clear , holding off a late challenge from Newry Blue by three quarters of a length in 31.03 seconds with third . |
| 8 | The 30-year-old Mandale Harrier was making his first appearance over the country for a year , but he broke clear on the second of the three laps of a gruelling nine kilometre course and held off a late challenge by Newton Aycliffe 's Kevin Vose to win by an emphatic 13 seconds . |
| 9 | This is a good place , too , for the mat-like camomile ‘ Treneague ’ , which gives off a strong aroma as you tread it underfoot . |
| 10 | After a time the circuit should settle down to a state in which the usual combinations of inputs to the cell are relatively ineffective , while any unusual combination can still set off a strong response . |
| 11 | In Glasgow Garscadden Mr Donald Dewar , Labour 's shadow Scottish secretary , saw off a strong challenge from Mr Dick Douglas , the former Labour MP who defected first to the Scottish Labour Party , and then to the SNP . |
| 12 | England 's bid succeeded yesterday at the European Table Tennis Union Congress in Stuttgart , beating off a strong challenge from Croatia . |
| 13 | Falling off a tall building is , after all , much more dangerous than falling off a low wall . |
| 14 | Mark played off a low handicap , and he had a point . |
| 15 | Anteriorly the frontal ganglion gives off a frontal nerve which passes to the clypeus , and a pair of lateral roots connect the frontal ganglion with the tritocerebrum . |
| 16 | The new law immediately sparked off a political crisis as hardline Slovak nationalists began demonstrations and a hunger strike in protest against a clause allowing the official use of minority languages in towns or villages where the minority nationality formed at least 20 per cent of the population ( a large ethnic Hungarian minority , concentrated in southern Slovakia , was increasingly the target of nationalist hatred ; there were also Polish , Ukrainian and Gypsy communities ) . |
| 17 | The Friar broke off a young oak bough and waved it about his sweating forehead to keep off the flies that followed him in wavering clouds , a floating band of skirmishers that his ceaseless counter-attacks could not drive away . |
| 18 | Who could say if Margaret was not better off a young widow , able yet to make a humbler and happier match ? |
| 19 | He helps his twin brother to carry off a young peasant girl from among his tenantry , her husband having first been killed by being deliberately overworked in unhealthy conditions . |
| 20 | Then , during a scene involving horses , a beautiful chestnut stallion was scared by gunfire , bolted , fell off a twenty-five-foot wall and broke its back . |
| 21 | When the food was cooked , or the teapot filled , it could be kept hot by standing it further along the hob , and frequently the top of the little stove was filled with a variety of utensils each giving off a rich aroma , for Mrs Curdle was a great cook . |
| 22 | ‘ Thirst for new land ’ set off a continuous process of abandoning and resuming cultivation until , in some districts , erosion took over . |
| 23 | Clare bit off a torn fingernail . |
| 24 | It is tempting to lop off a discreet year or so but be careful with other dates ; will they believe you took your degree at 15 ? |
| 25 | Before leaving for church , it was a ritual to drink a cup of tea which was supposed to ward off a fainting attack during the service . |
| 26 | Having made Winter Marsh from the Crouch I anchored off a shallow bay and rowed ashore in the dinghy . |
| 27 | They may both be the most humble men in Christendom , but their fiction gives off a sulphurous whiff . |
| 28 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |
| 29 | DENNIS CONNER , the defending America 's Cup skipper , shrugged off a poor start to claim his fifth win in six races against Bill Koch 's America Foundation in San Diego yesterday and needs only one more win to assure no worse than a sail-off for a place in the defenders ' final . |
| 30 | Barker grew very quickly , and had to work off a tremendous amount of energy every day , and since Danny was much too young to take him out for walks , this duty fell upon Connor . |