Example sentences of "by [verb] off the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thermostat of an immersion heater can usually be adjusted by turning off the double-pole switch and removing the heater cover . |
| 2 | Several leading City investors had opposed the proposals to dismantle British Land by selling off the larger properties and putting the smaller ones into a newly formed group , New British Land . |
| 3 | This proposal for foreign guarantees against external interference in Afghanistan was intended to strengthen the current regime in that state by sealing off the contesting forces in Afghanistan from Western and Pakistani ‘ assistance ’ while legitimising the continuation of Soviet ‘ assistance ’ . |
| 4 | Lastly , everyone I 've spoken to on the subject would shorten the length of the bass by cutting off the V-shaped cleft in the headstock , which adds nought to the decorative aspect of the bass . |
| 5 | Prune by cutting off the old flowered growth immediately after flowering , when it will produce good new shoots . |
| 6 | By reading off the plotted points can you see that for each point the x value is equal to the y value . |
| 7 | By playing off the rival ambitions of the Venetians , the Turks and the Serbs , the Balšići managed to retain their power until the death of Balsa III , the last of the male line , in 1422 . |
| 8 | The Transkei had ‘ independence ’ imposed upon it by South Africa in 1976 as part of a broader scheme to brush the whole racial problem under the carpet by packing off the black majority of the population to a series of impoverished rural ‘ homelands ’ dotted around the country . |
| 9 | When an old path runs across a valley bottom , you might also improve your chances of good finds by working off the beaten track . |
| 10 | Start by scraping off the existing glue residue from the underside of the bridge , and from the table , with a Stanley knife . |