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Examples of offhand


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After a couple more years, he began off-hand work, braking inclines and attending to the signalling bells.
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Such pens, kept at a constant angle to the paper, were used for ruling lines, but not for cursive handwriting, nor for off-hand flourishes.
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I cannot remember offhand what is stated in paragraphs 39 to 41.
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I cannot say offhand why it was not reported.
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The matter is not one which can be settled offhand.
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I am not prepared to give a definition offhand.
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I am not able offhand to give the exact number, but certainly there are other ambassadorial representatives.
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I cannot tell you offhand, but it is a very small proportion that is left.
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I cannot say offhand what work they are engaged in.
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I am not sure, speaking offhand, that there would be any great advantage in that.
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I do not remember offhand the history of each change in the position of the load-line.
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He was offhand, waving his arms about, and he did not think anybody was taking the slightest notice of what he said.
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Therefore, anyone of sensitivity who hopes to be regarded as responsible will not push, or attempt to push, this movement aside offhand.
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I should not like to answer further offhand about that.
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Is not it grossly unsatisfactory that week after week he gives the same casual and offhand answers about this legislation?
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I am not prepared to answer a technical question offhand without further consideration of the facts of the case.
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I doubt if he will accept that offhand.
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I do not know offhand about the situation in particular areas.
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Indeed, it led all too frequently to an offhand manner on the part of those who were supplying goods and services.
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I cannot, offhand, think of one single example of a triple affiance which either endured or in fact made any contribution to lasting peace.
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I would have said offhand that today the civil aviation industry is almost in a state of chaos.
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The constable was quite vicious and offhand and said that the man had to go down the road.
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I do not say that in any offhand way.
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I cannot say offhand what payments have been made.
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I cannot say offhand at the moment how many local authorities there will be.
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I am not able to trace this case offhand, but perhaps he will give me the facts.
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I certainly do not propose to answer it offhand.
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I car not say offhand, but the demands are being reduced because, among other reasons, of the shortage of the supply of paper.
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I should not like to give an answer offhand.
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Another point of comment rather than criticism is the sometimes offhand and brusque manner in which union officials speak to their members.
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I cannot say offhand how universal the operations of these voluntary associations are, but their activities cover enormous tracts of the country.
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I should not like to say offhand, but we do our best to meet all applications for advice.
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I would have a little difficulty in answering that question offhand.
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I could not answer that question offhand, especially as the agreement applies to cured herring.
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I think, speaking offhand, that legislation would be required with regard to the old age pensions.
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I could not do so offhand, but will certainly make inquiries.
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I cannot say offhand what prosecutions there have been under the byelaws of the various sea fisheries committees.
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I cannot give, offhand, the reference for the amendment in another place.
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He certainly did not wish to appear that he had given a reply which was casual or offhand in any way at all.
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The whole matter of the councils has been treated in the most vague and offhand manner.
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I am not able offhand to say what that amounts to in total tonnage.
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I am not prepared to answer that offhand.
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I cannot possibly answer offhand or without proper consultation as to the serious constitutional issues that are involved.
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I cannot think offhand of any interests, who would have a real concern with the constitution of these new authorities, whom we would leave out.
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I cannot remember offhand, but it was about two years ago.
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I cannot, of course, say that offhand and without notice.
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I could not offhand give the details of it.
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I cannot, however, say offhand whether one, or which one, of his communications referred to this matter.
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I cannot say offhand, but there was no free export of tinplate in that quarter.
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I should imagine, speaking offhand, that there are circumstances relating to fraud, or something of that kind.
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I should say offhand that they are bound to be integrated.
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I could not undertake offhand to snake any promise for the future.
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I cannot answer a question like that offhand.
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The tax promises were not casual remarks or offhand, throwaway comments.
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I could think offhand of a number of years.
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I do not know the exact figures offhand.
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In his offhand way he dismissed "federal"as"only a word".
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I could not say offhand whether that will be done or not.
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I should not like to answer this point offhand.
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I am not competent to give any opinion offhand in regard to steel works.
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I cannot answer that offhand; it is a question of general politics.
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I cannot answer that offhand, but the value of work currently in progress is very, very high.
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Indeed, it is an almost offhand dismissal of the situation and, frankly, does a great disservice to the problem.
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I could not say offhand, but there is an increase in the num- bers of graduates who are taking diplomas of education.
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I cannot say offhand exactly who gave evidence at the inquiry that was held at the time and after the war.
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I forget offhand which others are nationalised, but there are other industries.
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I could not, offhand, give the figures upon this matter.
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I should not like to say offhand whether any statements of that kind had been deleted or not.
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I would not like to answer that conundrum offhand.
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I cannot remember the precise date of the discussions offhand.
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I could give the names, but not offhand.
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I would not like to commit myself to a statement on the matter offhand.
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I should not like to give an answer to that offhand.
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I do not suggest that the details can be settled offhand, or that there has not been a good deal of controversy.
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I cannot offhand conjure from the recesses of my mind the exact terms of reference.
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I would not attempt to balance the possibilities offhand, but this is really the second answer to protectionism.
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He has not quoted it, and he cannot expect me offhand to reply to his question.
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I cannot answer offhand about an individual case.
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I would prefer not to give an answer to that question offhand.
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I would prefer not to make a statement offhand on a subject of that nature while the whole question is under review.
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I cannot think offhand of a single member country which would support such a view.
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I am always afraid of my offhand explanations.
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I should not like to answer that question offhand.
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He also has a duty to be less offhand.
Setting aside for the moment the issue between consequentialism and its critics, how would we be inclined offhand to answer the initial challenge?
Offhand it would be astonishing for a utilitarian to deny that, for example, if two lotteries are equally good for each person then they are equally good.
Comparing two different orders offhand - archaeological finds and folkloristic data - is fraught with considerable difficulties: the information is too heterogeneous and the deciphering methods are entirely different.
I cannot tell you the numbers of the two amendments offhand, but that can easily be checked.
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One may well wonder whether this is just a haughtily offhand attitude, or whether there is a system at work here.
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I also think that we tend to be extremely offhand in the way we deal with the protection of minors these days.
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I cannot say offhand that there are funds for the middle class.
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The minimum standard in the beginning of the sport had been 200 yard firing from the standing position (off-hand position).
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How anybody could sit down off-hand, take up pencil and paper, and start right off on a picture.
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With the passing of generations, this off-hand phrase became the official nomenclature for the regal estate.
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Pitchers who throw their curveballs with the arm slot at an angle will throw a curveball that breaks down and toward the pitcher's off-hand.
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Maude is reprimanded, her off-hand attitude strongly displeases to the jury.
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He faces his death unflinchingly, pairing life's hard-won pleasures with the ravages of age and extinction in an almost off-hand fashion, each tempering the other.
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