Sentence examples for off the broad from inspiring English sources

That touched off the broad investigation in contracts at the department, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in cooperation with the federal Labor Department and the city's Investigation Department.

These are the small but significant number of Republican representatives who, on the recent legislation to head off the broad tax increases and spending cuts mandated by the so-called fiscal cliff, voted no while privately hoping — and at times even lobbying — in favor of the bill's passage, given the potential harmful economic consequences otherwise.

But many others hold the view that Republicans will lose still more ground if they insist on ideological purity that turns off the broad middle.

On hot, sunny days, you can simply step off the broad veranda and walk down to the shore to cool off.

On sunny days, of which its dry climate allows a number, it enjoys a radiant northern light that bounces off the broad river estuary that it faces.

Maxwell, who can stick on the slippery planking of a plunging yacht, got to laughing so hard that he fell right off the broad deck of the motorboat as it was speeding along in the middle of a calm Sound.

But the individual backgrounds of the nominees may be less important than their role in setting off the broader power struggle in the Senate.

But that ignores the fact that while the British Library has backed off, the broader public are showing no such respect – instead they're pirating music, pictures, television and film extensively.

He said she had made some progress in pushing other European nations toward a "fiscal compact" that would prevent a repeat of the fiscal profligacy that had gotten Greece and other countries into trouble, and set off the broader crisis of confidence.

On issue after issue, from corporate governance and accounting oversight to the agency's own budget, Mr. Pitt's response has been to try to head off the broadest and boldest proposals by coming out with narrower, and what critics -- including institutional investors, consumer groups and some Democrats -- consider timid, alternatives.

Use a knife to cut off the broader end, where the carrot either was or still is attached to the green, leafy part of the plant.