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"It would be wonderful to have play-off winners on my CV and I think we are capable of it, " he added.

An adept stand-up comedian must nimbly play off the mood and tastes of any particular audience, and adjust his or her routine accordingly.

Referee should not call Kobe's traveling in that critical moment if it's in play off. This is why I said rockets win by lucky.

Mr Obama's response was just as divisive, attempting to play-off the rest of America against cruel Republicans and the wealthy.

He's not a pure hero by any stretch of the imagination. But it's fantastic you know, it's fantastic to play off that. Opposite that.

That man isn't seriously ill, he is just trying to play off of it so people help him.

Visual analytics play off the idea that the brain is more attracted to and able to process dynamic images than long lists of numbers.

Suarez's top level experience, movement off the ball and ability to play-off an out and out striker makes him a top target.

The 30-year-old Squillaci asked to be left out of Sevilla's Champions League play-off against Braga last night to avoid being cup-tied.

We were playing for a play-off position and I played nine straight games.

Another penalty in a third-place play-off win over the USSR took his tournament tally to nine goals, landing him the Golden Shoe award.

"It [the play-off] is a very bad, bad, bad proposal, " he said.

We, at Anfield Index, also believe playing Gerrard off of Suarez is not ideal as they're both players that should play off of the striker.

A dictator might be pro-Western or play off Russia against the West, says Sultan Akimbekov, a Kazakh political scientist.

In the play-off for third place he scored against England, giving Italy at least the bronze medal.

Watford reaching the play-off finals was an unexpected bonus to the Foster and United.

In the event of a tie for first place there will be a "sudden death" play-off to determine the winner.

Suddenly one day they all play off the idea, so they arrived in Paris . . . the Leaning Tower of Pisa and photographed under a phase!

"I'm looking to play off the ball a little more, " McGrady said.

But I siad to myself I would be first at the play-off of the pop song program.

Fortunately, Denmark ended up beating Sweden in Copenhagen and the play-off match was against the relatively weak Bosnia-Herzegovina team.

A maestro of division, North Korea may also try to play off differences among the other countries.

With or without McFadden on Wednesday, Smith is confident Scotland can spring a surprise against the Dutch and snatch a play-off spot.

The event led to a three-way play-off but it wasn't an impressive finish.

The game is sure to be tense and it has been billed as a relegation play-off.

Polished concrete, glass, polished ebony and stainless steel surfaces play off each other, bringing texture and lightness to the spaces.

They say that the top teams in each group play off seven games against each other.

He said: 'I like exploring what other people create and play off of that, balloons are a whimsical medium.

He tried to play off two of his colleagues against each other.

Number of times the orchestra will attempt to "play off" a winner who's going on for too long: 6.

Other highlights of his career have included the 2003 FA Community Shield, 2003 Football League Play-Off Final and 2005 Carling Cup Final.

Andriy Voronin (Ukraine) and Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Greece) could yet make the trip if their countries win a play-off encounter.

Before that, he had predicted that Germany will emerge victorious from their third-place play-off against Uruguay on Saturday night.

Obviously in a play-off the match lasts 180 minutes, so we will go out there and aim to qualify, as we did in the last edition.

Aside from pariah states, such as North Korea and Burma, few countries have considered China powerful enough to play off against the US.

Corporations often play off subcontractors to get best prices.

Torres and co will now contest a third place play-off with either Brazil or South Africa on Sunday.

Tomorrow the Champions League rules can be changed and you have created a play-off situation with no object anymore.

The authors play off the concept "time is money" in a very literal sense.

The visitors came back the next Saturday to play off the game stopped by rain.

However, he was tempted to return for the World Cup play-off against Norway and subsequently appeared at Germany 2006.

Spain will now meet either Brazil or South Africa in a third place play-off at 2pm BST on Sunday.

All the newspaper reporters wrote the play off as useless.

The team manager fell in for most of the blame when his team lost the play off.

Kieran Trippier has begun a month's loan with Championship play-off hopefuls Barnsley, who have a key match at rivals Middlesbrough tonight.

Paul will also make his prediction for the third-place play-off match between Germany and Uruguay.

Singers play off words to make fun of themselves or others.

Use splashes of red in accessories to offset darker greens, and use bright whites to play off darker shades of blue.

But he is really into me, so I could just kind of play off it.

If we had been in the Champions League play-off then we would have had to play them, because your season can depend on those games.

To play off the tiger theme, we chose a dark brown color scheme.

If we say that life is a play-off, then it is fate for centuries, has long been arranged.

Britain tried to play off European nations against each other so that she would have a balance of power.

Bacary Sagna predicts France's World Cup play-off with Republic of Ireland will be a 'crazy game' at Croke Park.

Shilton played for England until he was almost 41, his last cap coming in the third-place play-off at the World Cup finals in 1990.

But his nose for offensive rebounds and ability to play off ball have offset these issues.

The Shanghai and Tianjin teams are to play off their tie against each other the coming Sunday.

Gerardo Bruna is also hoping to feature for Argentina when they take on Holland in the third place play-off.

At Cardiff in the League One Play-Off Sheffield Wednesday beat Hartlepool 4-2 in extra-time.

They are 16th in the Championship but only eight points off a play-off place.

The visitors will come back next Sunday to play off the game stopped by rain.

We have two more postponed matches to play off next week.

S. , to use a Chinese to play off against Chinese and to instigate political turbulence in China?

others to play off most of the time, I most of the time to learn . . . how to learn from others, I will pay double the effort.

Why do you always play off Joe? I think it isn't polite.

Rockets can't make long run in play off if they can not find a way to close a lead game in 4th quarter.

play off (of two teams or competitors) play an extra match to decide a draw or tie