Example sentences of "be [adj] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've lots of gift ideas and , if you 're quick off the mark , you could win one of our giveaways on pages 12 and 13 . |
| 2 | Salad crops , however , are quick off the mark . |
| 3 | Police are quick off the mark about that in Mansfield . ’ |
| 4 | And they prove that the Mold theatre has been quick off the mark to snap up an astonishing new Welsh talent . |
| 5 | They are so keen to get on with it that they can be guaranteed to see the rabbit before any human and are fast off the mark . |
| 6 | I 'm due off the first tee at ten past twelve . |
| 7 | The sustain and the feedback was amazing , but boy , you had to be quick off the mark to damp the strings , or the whole thing would feed back unbelievably . |
| 8 | Young oil painters will have to be quick off the mark to get their entries in to the Winsor & Newton/Royal Institute of Oil Painters Young Artists competition . |
| 9 | But UK firms will have to be quick off the mark to benefit . |
| 10 | One result of this is that the pied flycatcher must be quick off the mark early in the season in order to get the most nutritious caterpillars . |
| 11 | It 'll establish efficient links between North Oxfordshire 's farmers and the police helping them to be quick off the mark if anything dubious is noticed . |
| 12 | IBM is said to be late off the mark and may not get the chance to inject itself officially . |
| 13 | And she probably would n't be far off the mark either , Rory realised grimly . |
| 14 | If you tend to be inaccurate off the tee , remember that a tailwind usually reduces the effects of side spin on the ball so here 's your opportunity for the long drive . |
| 15 | A gaze into a crystal ball showed that the Europeans would out-drive the Americans , would make more greens in regulation but were prone to be wild off the tee . |
| 16 | As yet , Kelly and Sear have not formally published their calculations , which are hot off the Norwich computer . |
| 17 | These are hot off the press are n't they Miss . |
| 18 | ‘ Christ , they were quick off the mark , Piper , ’ remarked the driver , swinging the jeep round and heading back along the road to Brigade H.Q. Nos. 3 and 6 Commando were pulling out as we entered the village ; no sign of 45 Royal Marine Commando . |
| 19 | Although some schools were quick off the mark to evacuate their children , it was not until May 1940 when the German Wehrmacht overran Holland , Belgium and struck deep into northern France that schools in danger areas began to take seriously the need for evacuation . |
| 20 | Several companies that were quick off the mark — Barclays Bank , Salomon Brothers and Sotheby 's among them — have found princely quarters in the Palais am Festungsgraben , a baroque palace that formerly housed the German-Soviet Friendship Society . |
| 21 | and , who work in Risley 's Effluent Plant Projects Office , were quick off the mark in the second race and were back in the boat house long before the second boat , crewed by and , had completed the required four laps . |
| 22 | Colleagues , just to try and let you know what , er I 've got in my mind concerning the business that 's fell off the agenda yesterday and today so far . |
| 23 | Another sound recording problem is wind-noise off the micro-phone , and some camcorders are fitted with a wind-noise filter switch which can help to reduce this annoying fault . |
| 24 | It 's straight off the ferry and on to the road . ’ |
| 25 | Tactics play a secondary role to board speed ; many a race is won by the sailor who is fast off the line and avoids dirty wind enough to use his speed advantage . |
| 26 | ‘ She is fast off the grid , accelerates smoothly , gains speed very quickly and keeps the momentum going . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's fast off the mark , eh ? |
| 28 | Another tanker 's stuck off the Azores |
| 29 | There are two broad categories ; the one type is available off the peg , supported by large software houses and is designed for general application ; the other is tailored specifically for the employment agency market and is naturally more expensive but usually more user friendly since it is written to perform a specific set of operations . |
| 30 | That 's only a theory , mind you , and it may be a silly one , but I do n't think it 's far off the mark . ’ |