Sentence examples for were generally off from inspiring English sources

Cute elves and buffoonish leprechauns were generally off the menu.

Thanks to the tax credits in President Obama's stimulus plan and other programs aimed at helping working families, couples with two kids making up to $50,000 were generally off the hook this year.

The issues that get people going are generally off the main political agenda.

Today, chicken livers in champagne and meringue kisses are generally off the menu.

If there was concern, it will be with the bowling which, with a formid­able total to defend, was generally off the pace.

Just that they're generally off in the woods, you know, and don't have much to do with the community.

"Is there something genetically specific to people from East Africa?" asked Dennis in the sort of question that is generally off limits at the BBC.

SPYING IN CHURCHES -- Investigators say they believe that some Islamic militants are now meeting in mosques, knowing that religious institutions are generally off limits to surveillance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Providencia is, generally, off the hurricane trail that regularly sweeps through Cuba, Florida and the Antilles, and the low-slung buildings and vernacular architecture withstand storms better than the Cancún-style tower blocks that dot the rest of the Caribbean.

But the car was generally off the pace, leading to changes in the design department and a firm resolve, under their new technical chief, the former McLaren engineer Pat Fry, to go into this season with a less conservative approach.

Appearing in a Children in Need celebrity special, the BBC economics editor was generally off the pace but suddenly sharpened up for a question about the way you drink tequila.