Example sentences of "by [verb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me . |
| 2 | I wonder whether the same delusions of accuracy exist with things like the Volhard titration and its questions of whether the sliding endpoint is best avoided by filtering off the silver or adding nitrobenzene . |
| 3 | This can be done by slicing off the peel across the top of the orange and using this flat end of the orange as a base . |
| 4 | In Southampton seamen aboard the Olympic jumped the gun by walking off the liner on 9 June following a stoppage by coal bunkerers and trimmers working on the same ship some days earlier . |
| 5 | Burning and stinging is a usual complaint because the skin has been made more sensitive by stripping off the surface protective film . |
| 6 | This should be linked to the dpc in the house wall by stripping off the plaster up to dpc level and applying the compound in a band just above the floor level . |
| 7 | When he played tennis with his sister , he would infuriate her by wandering off the court to contemplate . |
| 8 | Use of these instructions on a spinner to produce a random walk on the notes of a piano must end , after perhaps much meandering , by wandering off the keyboard . |
| 9 | If it is desired to emphasise the penetrating , rather reedy quality of the higher viola notes an oboe or two added in unison will do this , while two flutes in unison with the violas will produce the opposite effect by rounding off the tone . |
| 10 | As well as Steve 's publications our newssheet covers such topics as spotting grounds from branch line trains and local buses , and our most recent sheet contained an article on a spectacular view of Northtown 's thatched terraces that can be obtained by skateboarding off the top of the multi-storey on to the roof of Lloyds Bank . |
| 11 | ( If she has suffered an electric shock , push her away from the electric equipment with a broom handle before touching her , or by turning off the electricity mains . ) |
| 12 | All of these strategies , education , specific self help skills , and life-style changes , aim to reduce stress by turning off the stress tap and draining the stress glass . |
| 13 | And with Silas listening to both sides of the conversation it was impossible to explain the situation thoroughly , therefore she said , ‘ Daddy — it 's Lucy — I 'm at a place called Wilder 's Wilderness — you reach it by turning off the Taupo road . ’ |
| 14 | If he had acted like any chauffeur of reasonable competence he could have stopped the fire by turning off the tap connecting the petrol tank with the carburettor . |
| 15 | Some Georgian officials suspect that Alabama is deviously trying to steal development away from Atlanta by turning off the city 's tap . |
| 16 | Any evidence of leakage should be dealt with immediately by turning off the supply at the meter stop-cock and calling the Gas Board . |
| 17 | The tomato plant attracts a pest called whitefly which causes harm by feeding off the tomato and leaving sugary deposits , disfiguring the fruit and causing it to go mouldy . |
| 18 | Potentially damaging foreign influences were minimized after 1640 by cutting off the country from virtually all contact with the outside world . |
| 19 | Some seedsmen packet small seeds in specially designed plastic tubes that make it easier to sow finely simply by cutting off the end and tapping out the seeds . |
| 20 | ‘ It is a matter for ICSTIS ( the premium rate regulator ) and Oftel to regulate and we would respond immediately to any complaint about the misuse of videophones by cutting off the line , ’ a BT spokesman said . |
| 21 | The cold water cistern is drained by shutting off the mains stopcock ( or , if fitted , the servicing valve ) and then opening the bath and basin cold taps . |
| 22 | The noise gate eliminates this unwanted hiss and buzz , by shutting off the signal through the unit below a certain threshold level . |
| 23 | Sociologists chopped off childhood and most of adulthood from their interviews , and oral historians neatly matched this by chopping off the whole later life . |
| 24 | Reinforced fencing has also had to be installed along the top of the cliff face to try and reduce the danger of people committing suicide by jumping off the top . |
| 25 | He responded by blocking off the pipe , which leads directly to the river , and by calling the authority 's pollution control office . |
| 26 | As for animals belonging to a dangerous species , a camel has been held to be such because it may cause severe injury by kicking and biting , but strict liability was imposed for injuries suffered by falling off the camel because of its irregular gait . |
| 27 | Occasionally you may make an error on the artwork , and these can be corrected by scraping off the transfer with a scalpel blade . |