Example sentences of "off as an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ow do n't do n't try it straight off as an integral what would you sort of have a split your page and work over here sort of playing |
| 2 | Freud 's finding was that guilt is , starts off as an aggressive drive in the id that could go anywhere , preferably towards other people , but the superego uses some of this aggression and destructive energy arising in the id and then turns it back against the ego , and uses it to punish the ego , so the aggression , instead of going into someone else or into the outside world , is turned back against the self and to that extent is self-destructive . |
| 3 | I WAS disgusted to read that the inquiry into the Windsor Castle fire produced only a one-and-a-half-page report writing it all off as an unfortunate accident . |
| 4 | Being treed by the great wonder-rabbi Shmuel ben Issachar might be written off as an occupational hazard ; being trapped — on an assignment officially aborted-by an undead amateur is unforgivable . |
| 5 | Perhaps he 'll look on that amazing jersey you sent off as an olive branch . ’ |
| 6 | The distinction , termed ‘ polarisation ’ was deemed necessary to make more transparent to customers the possible ties of their advisers , and to eliminate the ability of an intermediary to pass off as an independent adviser yet suggest the policies of the advisers ' own company ( or those which provide the highest commission ) . |
| 7 | Ronald Reagan has made a career out of being underestimated and the same mistake was made in 1980 when his critics wrote him off as an amiable , ex-movie actor ill-qualified for the presidency . |