Sentence examples for off the gulf from inspiring English sources

South of the straits the shelf widens to as much as 170 miles (275 km) off the Gulf of Gabes (Qābis) on the eastern coast of Tunisia.

Washington is still trying to keep Mr. Hussein isolated 10 years after his forces invaded Kuwait, setting off the gulf crisis.

Nearly half of its 1,490 square feet are contained in one large white-walled room, which has southern exposure and catches reflective light off the Gulf of Finland, a notable detail given Helsinki's dark winters.

Warming in the Arctic could be about to "turn off" the Gulf stream - which brings tropical heat to British shores - with catastrophic consequences for the climate of northern Europe in the long term, scientists warned yesterday.

The crisis that set off the Gulf's biggest confrontation in decades started with a series of random, seemingly unrelated events.

The Marine Corps is capping off the Gulf War, with its staggering military buildup but only four days of actual ground combat, with a massive new undertaking--giving out more than 5,000 medals.

Like some exotic animal in a cage, the undeveloped stretch of land between Destin and Fort Walton is fenced off on the Gulf side.

Such intransigence killed off any chance of the Gulf competing against the new cultured pearl business, long before the outbreak of World War Two.

Sediments carried from the plateau by the Colorado River created a vast delta made of more than of material that walled off the northernmost part of the gulf in approximately 1 million years.

One afternoon, while in Bossaso, the president personally led a sudden raid on a gang of pirates preparing to shove off into the Gulf of Aden.

There's time enough to take off from the Gulf, eat three lunches, cross nine time zones, read an improving novel and still have a solid eight hours sleep before touching down beside the Pacific.