Example sentences of "off by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And within was empty darkness , fenced off by no more than a ridge of soil . |
| 2 | The blinking was a reflex which could equally well have been set off by a puff of wind or a flash of light . |
| 3 | Two years ago , she and John Orbell , archivist of Baring Brothers and chairman of the Council 's Liquidations and Rescue Support Group , were tipped off by a friendly Extel employee about the news agency 's imminent takeover by United Newspapers . |
| 4 | In view of all his interest in connections between worship of totemic plants , rain ceremonies , and modern life , it becomes clear why ‘ Gerontion ’ is sparked off by a passage from Benson 's Fitzgerald where Benson is quoting Fitzgerald . |
| 5 | The distribution of frequencies in this ‘ microwave background ’ is just like the distribution of frequencies given off by a hot gas . |
| 6 | It is possible that against a long-term downward movement of population , perhaps sparked off by a variety of economic concerns , the economic depression helped to determine the immediate attitudes in some of the old declining industrial centres just as the prospect of prosperity , and the accumulation of consumer goods and property , may have stimulated a desire to control family size among the population of the expanding industrial centres of the Midlands and the South East . |
| 7 | The scene is the Ritz Club , the prototype of a sophisticated Thirties nightclub in dazzling primary colours set off by a sleek black bar . |
| 8 | This winter Koffmann has been reinterpreting Cabessal de lievre : instead of stuffing and braising the hare he lightly roasts the fillet and laps it in a deep spicy sauce grand veneur set off by a heap of nutty pates . |
| 9 | I do not believe that they would be put off by a hostile bid not being ‘ good-form ’ . ’ |
| 10 | All this was topped off by a tricorne hat decorated by a plume . |
| 11 | Bradshaw himself got picked off by a thirty-footer and lost his board . |
| 12 | There was a mix-up over payment for a meal at a café , and Chapman was hauled off by a gendarme to the police station . |
| 13 | Whether this burning interest came from a transmigration from a previous existence I do not know , but it may have been sparked off by a small and relatively insignificant incident which occurred in the spring of 1929 . |
| 14 | Which of us on finding our car aerial snapped off by a vandal have not momentarily wanted to do the same to his neck ? |
| 15 | At Ullapool the midday early November sun was low in the sky , white gold fanning down into the sea beyond Scoraig peninsula ; An Teallach hid its snow caps , cut off by a cool indigo-grey cloud . |
| 16 | The trailer brakes could be held off by a separate braking system when coupled to the tractor . |
| 17 | In fact , her mate Klono had been killed and dragged off by a leopard one night when her son Krono was about a year old . |
| 18 | Predators that never scavenge and always insist on eating freshly-killed prey will have their appetite switched off by a limp , static object . |
| 19 | Constant friction between the two nations at sea led , on 23 October 1739 , to the British government declaring war on Spain , the resulting conflict being known as ‘ The War of Jenkins 's ear ’ ; Robert Jenkins was the master of a British ship who had had his ear cut off by a Spanish officer during a search . |
| 20 | The front panel is finished off by a five channel , switchable graphic . |
| 21 | I must say , inside it was pretty chic with its black , white and stainless steel decor , set off by a window full of red geraniums ( pelargoniums . ) |
| 22 | One of the theories about the abandoned ship Marie Celeste is that the crew were plucked off by a hungry kraken . |
| 23 | A brief analysis of Primal Scream 's pop career has also taken place , rounded off by a sure-footed declaration from Craig that ‘ the only respect I have for Bobby Gillespie is that he 's been closer to Kylie Minogue 's fanny than I have . ’ |
| 24 | Mourning over , the package is rounded off by a stunning double flourish ; a cod-Broadway instrumental reprise on ‘ Argentina ’ , followed by that speech in full , and it 's the most serene , quietly-spoken rant you 'll ever hear . |
| 25 | The ceremony was hosted by a couple dressed in matching velvet Babygros , his tipped off by a woolly bobble , hers with what appeared to be a cat 's tail . |
| 26 | Piper explained : ‘ I have already been written off by a lot of people and a lot of critics and I can understand Benn being favourite . |
| 27 | The little dumpling stands to attention with its arms stiffly by its sides , as if being told off by a parent ; the shroud appears to be a shift with separate head-cloth but in actuality is nothing more than the usual loosely gathered linen , parted with greater than usual emphasis to show the entire face . |
| 28 | The merger ‘ scramble ’ of l959–61 was largely sparked off by a bid by well-known takeover specialist Charles Clore for Watney Mann . |
| 29 | nipples ripped off by a doberman on acid ? |
| 30 | A CAPTAIN had his finger bitten off by a lion on board ship . |