How To Use Back off In A Sentence
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He produced a knife with a six-inch blade which he waved at the guard, forcing him to back off.
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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His super-soft hands and slick moves force defenders to back off and give ground every time he approaches the blueline and he has the vision to find linemate Erik Thorell once the D swarms.
Red Line: Dominant start has Canadian Seguin atop draft ranks
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The bulk come from back office efficiencies.
Times, Sunday Times
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The cool-headed 37-year-old took hold of one of the men, who had a handgun, but he broke free and pointed the gun at her, saying ‘Back off or you'll get one’.
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He is also able to bring the ball back off the seam into right-handers, a quality that makes two of India's top batsmen, Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman, look distinctly uncomfortable.
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They request that you back off 100 meters to the south.
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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It beams a radio signal that bounces back off a metallic object.
Times, Sunday Times
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The one-time Rangers youth player rose well to meet Sheridan's corner from the right, but his effort came back off the bar.
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We needed to make sure he would go through a barrier and not back off.
Times, Sunday Times
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We don't cut the grass and mend the fences or man the back office.
Times, Sunday Times
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I miss those summer nights escaping from the heat in my back office at Lakeview.
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He was denied a winner in the third minute of added time when his 25-yarder cannoned back off the inside of the post.
The Sun
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Pursuit drivers are usually trained to back off if lives are in danger.
The Sun
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Do you work in a laid-back office where people wouldn't really care about what you do with your romantic life?
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As, under Blair's premiership, the UK has been reduced to the role of being an international 'chancer', our best strategy is probably to smile, back off and try to sell him a football club, a swanky townhouse or some hedge fund bonds.
How Should the West Respond to Putin's Threat?
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He kind of backtracked and said I don't mean to draw a straight line between Hillary Clinton's vote for the war in Iraq and what happened in Pakistan today, but he did make the same argument that Obama has been making about diverting resources away from getting Al Qaeda in Afghanistan because of the war in Iraq and he did not back off of that.
CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2007
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They have their MTM, their minor tooth movement system that is a series of players and set down materials for the ortho's lab, back office lab to make very small adjustments to retainer type single aligner products.
Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
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Then usually he would back off, apologetic and tender.
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It's shaped like a little gargoyle who's crouching over the teapot underneath, as if to say, ‘Back off, buster!’
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Airdrie found the net again first, a poacher's special by Owen Coyle after Martin Hardie's curling shot came back off the post.
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The worst of the current raids may be that many of us assumed, expected, even demanded, that the Obama administration would back off from Bush's Imperial Presidency project, in which the federal administration arrogated to itself the right to investigate, harass, and even arrest without trial anyone who they considered to be dangerous to their "national security" policies.
Michael Schwartz: Unfortunately, Obama Is Expanding the Imperial Presidency
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The sit-ups start with the back off the board, and end before the upper body reaches the vertical position.
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It beams a radio signal that bounces back off a metallic object.
Times, Sunday Times
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Lincoln cathedral is one of the most perfect Gothic cathedrals in Europe, dating back officially to the eleventh century and like as not a fair way before that.
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We washed the clothes, ironed them, put them back in their suitcases and sent them back off to America as soon as we could.
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Last week, the Obama administration fired back with its strongest response to date, saying the industry's call for "clarity" is code for wanting EPA to just back off.
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I thank you for your suggestion, but back off, buddy.
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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He took the bottle back off me, carefully screwing the top back on and placing it, pointlessly empty and discardable into his jacket pocket.
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Looking to the future with anticipation is pleasurable and, crucially, also helps you drift back off to sleep.
Times, Sunday Times
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Faced with criticism of her anti-democratic actions, the president was forced to back off.
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Hey, back off a little.
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When he refuses to submit and instead responds vigorously, back off quickly and overcompensate for failure by switching into a placatory mode.
Dilip Hiro: Obama's Rudderless Foreign Policy Underscores America's Waning Power
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Much to my relief, my doctor finally diagnosed me with only biceps tendonitis and told me to back off my workouts a bit.
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The radar waves bounce back off the cars that approach, and are registered by the receiving apparatus.
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Back off! There's no need to yell at me.
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This means that the ball spins less, so the combination of being further away and hitting it easier meant that it was almost impossible for him to spin it back off the green.
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The rat-a-tat of the copier in a back office, punctuated by the ring of phones coming from everywhere, like fragments of celestial music trapped in a singularity.
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The back office mobilises financial resources and manages funds.
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I got two visits from people telling me to back off; the first hit me on the head with something hard, heavy and Pythonesque.
INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
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You still hear typewriters in back offices and this is manifestly the city where jalopies come to die.
Times, Sunday Times
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I rolled over, rubbed the back of my arm and settled back on to my front ready to doze back off.
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Jobs will go as back offices are merged to save money and boost shareholders.
The Sun
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They simply back off, and it can mean the premature end of a friendship.
Banish Anxiety - how to stop worrying and take charge of your life
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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Would the advocates back off if police brought vagrant lawbreakers to shelters instead of arresting them?
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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The striker could have had a hat-trick on another day but saw two more efforts bounce back off a post.
The Sun
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In the back office, the priorities are around integration resulting from mergers and acquisitions and systems consolidation.
Computing
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Scott McNiven had earlier hit the post and John Sheridan saw a 25-yard thunderbolt cannon back off the bar as Ritchie's side dominated the first half.
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Whether this is in the form of electronic touch points with trading partner systems, or even direct access by external users through some kind of extranet or portal, there can be no doubt that the 'back office' label is no longer appropriate, at least in terms of capability.
The Register
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You'll back off if you know what's good for you, mister, otherwise you're gonna get hurt.
CODE BREAKER
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This has neglected the essential role of what is sometimes dismissed rather cursorily as "back office".
The vital building blocks of civil society
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They automatically check counterparties ' credit lines and send information needed for clearing and settlement to back offices.
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All you have to do is back off the holding nuts, then use a screwdriver to turn a sprocket in the bar to loosen or tighten the chain as much as you want.
Craftsman Professional 40cc chain saw
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You would be better to back off from this dangerous liaison.
The Sun
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The solution to this problem, in the case of Canada and many other countries, is monopsonistic consumption, but this works in part because they can piggyback off the US.
Grey-area Medicine and Non-monetary Costs, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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It beams a radio signal that bounces back off a metallic object.
Times, Sunday Times
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Parents should back off when their teen is moody - teenagers very often don't even know the reason for their mood change and it can go from sad to happy, from obstinate to cooperative within a short time.
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The industry and consumer organizations jumped down their throats and made them back off of a general ban, but they're still forcing Park employees to use lead-free ammo for culling and management operations.
Senators Take Aim At Park Service Lead Ban
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It spun back off Gallacher's right-hand post, but Flo was on hand to force the ball over the line with his studs.
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Her cape had fallen back off one shoulder, but she didn't seem to notice or care.
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It provides back office support to major energy firms in 80 countries.
The Sun
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His 55th-minute shot looked destined to nestle in the net - only to rebound back off the near post and to safety.
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The situation was defused by quick-thinking American officers who had their men take a knee, visibly disarm, and then back off slowly.
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York made a lively start with Colin Moore netting a rebound after the ball had bounced back off the keeper's legs from a short corner.
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It was only in the closing stages when Paul's brakes faded slightly that he had to back off the chase.
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There are thousands of opportunities for clinic and back office staff.
The Sun
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It requires committee rooms, meeting places, back office space, support teams, information technology and all the rest of the gubbins.
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And it is not surprising at all that they have dropped back off again this season.
Times, Sunday Times
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Remember which wire is live and have your helper turn the power back off, checking with the tester to be sure.
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Kirk was happy to claim extraordinary knowledge and nonplus Perrit and I've never seen him since back off this comment or apologize for its inaccuracy.
Mark Kirk Knew Better Than Did His Constitutents; We Were Supposed to Trust Him and WWII Proved Him Out...Right?
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You guys are cramping my play so please back off.
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As the January sales continue, the dealer is taking early action by offering new car buyers competitive cashback offers.
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Veterans as well can back off projects for a time to repair relationships.
Christianity Today
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Looking to the future with anticipation is pleasurable and, crucially, also helps you drift back off to sleep.
Times, Sunday Times
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I was mad when I read about your testing, and... sometimes I back off from saying stuff because as Lene so eloquently put, it is *your* life and I don't want to feel the right to barge in just because I care.
So was it worth it?
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The bookmaker confirmed that there had also been disruption to its back office and support operations in the Philippines and Bulgaria.
Times, Sunday Times
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Exposure to scenes so utterly divorced from her knowledge did not tempt her to back off.
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History
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They can only piggyback off an existing connection.
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That gave Rovers renewed impetus and Baggio nearly scored a brilliant goal with a thunderous drive that bounced back off the crossbar.
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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Do they just have a stable of astonishingly good writers or are there a couple of great editors in the back office with bullwhips?
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In the back office, the priorities are around integration resulting from mergers and acquisitions and systems consolidation.
Computing
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Hann responded to Ebdon's first frame century by taking the next two and was on course for 3-1 until he potted the white, screwing back off the pink.
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The well-guarded secret in the back offices — the biggest cause for suspense as the week goes along — is how much Snyder and Co. are willing to trade to move up to a top five spot, or even higher, to guarantee they can get a player they really want.
If Redskins want Sanchez, how much will they pay in draft picks?
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Most of the job losses are likely to be front-line fixed-income roles because the bank is maintaining its back office and control staff.
Times, Sunday Times
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The first traders had their origin, like Lewie, in the back office.
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It sounds like an air-raid siren but in fact it calls the timbermen back off shore leave.
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After pottering around with compass in hand, I find the summit cairn and then get back off the mountain as quickly as possible, it's bloody cold up there.
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You'll back off if you know what's good for you, mister, otherwise you're gonna get hurt.
CODE BREAKER
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Button told the new team sponsor in no uncertain terms to back off.
Times, Sunday Times
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She was having a rough time explaining to Scott that she was involved with someone, and that he needed to back off.
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But for today you wave a sad farewell as it floats back off into the night sky.
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Cambridgeshire County Council has UK's top public sector call centre Welsh Minister says partnership & collaboration crucial to deliver better services Councils have saved 1.2 billion says Audit Commission, but further back office saving will be tough Print software cuts costs & delivers efficiencies at South Lakeland Council Croydon Council steps back in time using historic WW2 RAF photomap
PublicTechnology.net
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He called for the helicopter to back off to give some relief to the lead group as it struggled to preserve a peak lead of 1 minute, 30 seconds over the main peloton.
Armstrong avoids accident in third stage of Tour Down Under
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Over the Eighties and Nineties, everyone else slimmed down the back offices, delayered, computerised, out sourced and reduced headcount.
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Back off a bit on the far vision, allowing a little blurriness in one eye, and I can read in an emergency without my glasses.
Coyote Blog » 2009 » September
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I normally drop back off, but usually wake up at 8am feeling unrefreshed.
Times, Sunday Times
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In addition, with modern telecommunications technology, many of the routine tasks of finance (including almost all the non-mechanizable parts of the back office, but also much research and document preparation) can be performed by well educated but lower paid employees in India or elsewhere.
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Button told the new team sponsor in no uncertain terms to back off.
Times, Sunday Times
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When he takes the back off to mend it, he finds the lost grand.
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However, that made her even more surprised when, only a few exits later, the car turned back off the thruway and into a maze of backstreets and alleys.
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Following the advice from a fellow techie who had worked on it before, I had a bo-peep with the back off and the room lights out and there it was.
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We have had potential clients approaching us almost since we have got back off the aeroplane.
Times, Sunday Times
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Simmons : Sir, I am asking, politely. Back off.
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Obong was denied his fourth when his shot came back off a post on the stroke of full time.
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Hey man. Back off!
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I had to take it back off my head and unbutton the shirt, which contained a live spider somewhere.
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People see me coming, they back off like I'm Dracula or something.
ICED
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The ball bounced back off the crossbar for Carlton to slam home the rebound.
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We don't cut the grass and mend the fences or man the back office.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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As I entered the back office, a woman I put in her late forties rose from a typist 's chair behind an L-shaped desk.
KICK BACK
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There was also a conspicuous absence of stimulus targets as President O desperately wanted to position for but decided to back off of, no banking reforms for the greedy and naughty bankers (I absolutely love the word naughty!) who caused the debacle in the first place nor were there any actions to stem that from occurring again in the future.
Fast Company
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When a suspect is mentally unstable, officers are trained to back off and call in a crisis intervention team.
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Other deals include cashback offers and free furnishing.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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The long drive back offered everyone the chance to reflect on the trip.
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We have had potential clients approaching us almost since we have got back off the aeroplane.
Times, Sunday Times
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Not even with the head tipped back off the front of the sofa.
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Karl took the iron skillet back off the coals, used a pawful of paper towels to wipe it clean, and set it off to the side to cool.
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When we first got news of the scale of the installation, a single continuous sculpture from the gallery's front door which pierces walls, making its way through the length of the gallery all the way to the back offices, our first response was -- "Wow!
Mark Wiener and Linda DiGusta: Magic Mushrooms and a Tree of Steel -- Roxy Paine @ James Cohan Gallery
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Rather than fight toe-to-toe slugfests, American military officers prefer to back off, pound the enemy with precision airpower and artillery, and ‘set the conditions’ for a ground assault.
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The radar waves bounce back off the cars that approach, and are registered by the receiving apparatus.
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As it slunk back off into the forest, another shadow crawled down from a tree, its long arms dragging along the ground behind it as it went.
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The word among property agents is that buildings are attracting just as much interest from government back offices and quangos as banks and fund managers.
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At some level this anger is an attempt at intimidation for Democrats to back off their agenda, but at heart it is the product of a poor education.
Think Progress » Still Bitter Over Loss On Health Reform, GOP Seeks To Block Judicial Nominee For His Health Care Views
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He's glommed onto a couple of my tapes and I can't get them back off him.
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Much harder is the alignment of back office systems and staff retraining.
Times, Sunday Times
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The cool-headed 37-year-old took hold of one of the men, who had a handgun, but he broke free and pointed the gun at her, saying ‘Back off or you'll get one’.
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Businesses should bring back office walls.
Times, Sunday Times
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She straightened herself, pulled her haik back off her head and shook out her hair before turning to stare up at him.
WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
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If you take the back off this clock, you can see its/the works.
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To say the pullback offended customers and distributors would be putting it mildly.
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Most of the cuts will be in management and back office staff.
The Sun
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Here is a lovely guy who is kind, generous and good to me and who is great in bed and I am telling him to back off - why?
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They request that you back off 100 meters to the south.
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Veterans as well can back off projects for a time to repair relationships.
Christianity Today
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More important, it gives him a chance to quickly ratchet up profits by merging the back office and cutting the workforce.
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Exposure to scenes so utterly divorced from her knowledge did not tempt her to back off.
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History
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The next stage was to have short curly hair kept back off the face as in the photo of Josie and a friend dressed for a formal occasion.
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Veterans as well can back off projects for a time to repair relationships.
Christianity Today
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Twice she got caught in the reeds and had to back off and pick out a new angle of approach.
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Back off if it has become an issue - confrontation will get you nowhere.
Times, Sunday Times
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There is also the potential to centralise back office functions.
Times, Sunday Times
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Her short black and blue hair is gelled back off her face and she has dark gothic make-up on her face.
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He was denied a winner in the third minute of added time when his 25-yarder cannoned back off the inside of the post.
The Sun
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A superb pass from Smith sent the young winger on his way and after cutting in from the left Cook was desperately unlucky to see his low drive cannon back off the inside of an Exeter upright.
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'For the return journey I bought a doorlock and a. screw driver, and spent the journey taking it apart, examining the mechanism, picking it with the back off and then picking it fully assembled.
Quite Ugly One Morning
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If he thinks there's even a chance you're going to lay for him with a marline spike, he'll back off of you.
Ship Of Magic
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Use your debit card where you can and make the most of cashback offers at the supermarket and elsewhere.
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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But as one Pennsylvania retiree put it, ‘We refuse to accept this concept of ‘you got yours, now back off.’
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No but seriously, Matt should print out the article and frame it and put it on the wall so when that fascist Jennifer Palmeri comes storming into the blog center with her jackboot thugs b/c Matt has deviated from the ideological line of the day, he can point to it and tell her to back off, man!
Matthew Yglesias » New Media Douchebags WTF
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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
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If you take the back off this clock, you can see its/the works.
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Creed resisted the urge to back off more.
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Seeing one of the boats approaching, he stepped back off the piles and onto a stringpiece, or beam, that was wide enough to get a footing and where, he supposed, he would be clear of the piles should they be forced against the beam by the docking boat.
The Great Bridge
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I attach an analysis of the likely costings of running your back office with our software.
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He then potted blue in the middle pocket but the cue ball rolled back off the baulk cushion into the opposite middle pocket for a five-point foul.
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It beams a radio signal that bounces back off a metallic object.
Times, Sunday Times
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One top recruiter that specialises in back office staff for banks said: 'Banks are looking at how investment bank compensation works.
Times, Sunday Times
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It beams a radio signal that bounces back off a metallic object.
Times, Sunday Times
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The radio alarm came and went, I dozed back off (dreaming of having a blazing row with my mother for some reason).
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I would tell you to back off from that one even were it not for all the other, um, studs in your life.
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Seeing the president was not about to back off, Putin replied with “military terseness” that he would work wherever Yeltsin assigned him.
The Return
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Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions!
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Keep your balance back off their forehand, in order to help them lift their front end.
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If you're going to get involved in e-business then your website will have to be integrated with your back office.
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There was a sense of ceremonial generosity as they peeled the tinfoil back off the pan and showed her the bruised-looking cakes.
FAMILY PICTURES
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They say there appears to have been collusion internally between him and the administrative back office responsible for reconciling his transactions.
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Howarth was unlucky to see his attempted clearance cannon back off the winger.
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The company will locate most of its back office functions for its operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia in Dublin.
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Customers who legally complete their purchase by the end of February can take full advantage of the cashback offered on one of their three bedroomed homes.
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This involves anything from taking advantage of discounts and cashback offers to reviewing the way they use credit.
The Sun
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He had mournful saturnine good looks and his black hair was slicked back off his face.
WITHIN A WHISPER
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The rat-a-tat of the copier in a back office, punctuated by the ring of phones coming from everywhere, like fragments of celestial music trapped in a singularity.
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Back off! There is no need to yell at me.
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The bulk come from back office efficiencies.
Times, Sunday Times
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We don't cut the grass and mend the fences or man the back office.
Times, Sunday Times
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It's the often time-capsuled world of the back office, sometimes referred to as "Australia" because of the parallels to a penal colony to which people in other departments who misbehave are sent.
WallStreetAndTech - All Stories
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Howarth was unlucky to see his attempted clearance cannon back off the winger.
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We have had potential clients approaching us almost since we have got back off the aeroplane.
Times, Sunday Times
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It beams a radio signal that bounces back off a metallic object.
Times, Sunday Times
