Antonym: inshore. Similar words: shore, foreshorten, short, shorts, in short, shorten, shortly, whore. Meaning: adj. 1. (of winds) coming from the land 2. at some distance from the shore. adv. away from shore; away from land.
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121 They hope to quell public anxiety about offshore oil drilling.
122 That is another argument for the clarification of how offshore workers should go about securing trade union rights and recognition.
123 About a quarter mile offshore, birds are falling from the sky.
124 Offshore non-trading companies are exempt from corporation tax, but may waive their exemption and pay tax at an agreed rate.
125 A scheme is to be implemented whereby the blooms will be held offshore by a series of floating barriers.
126 A market downturn in rig moves was more than compensated for by a significant increase in supporting offshore construction projects.
127 An important environmental application is the cleaning of oily water in the offshore oil industry.
128 Unfortunately for Thacker the wind was offshore and instead of drifting over the island he went the opposite direction out to sea.
129 Both projects, which were won against stiff competition, are for offshore fixed installations for Abu Dhabi based company Adma Opco.
130 However, these scams are not connected to the mainstream offshore financial services community, which continues to offer good products.
131 Before diving offshore, get local knowledge or join up with a club who has dived the site previously.
132 Steady offshore winds keep blowing the water westward where it becomes heated.
133 At the private investor level, the use of offshore centres is almost limitless.
134 A ship could nevertheless be navigated accurately, especially when up-to-date hydrographic data was available from offshore surveys by submarines.
135 Most are offshore financial centres also targeted by international watchdogs for loose banking regulation and harmful tax practices.
136 The group will supply a floating production, storage and offshore installation to handle oil production.
137 She wanted to change her offshore account at the Abbey National to a different account at the same bank.
138 Alternatively, the cost of the development work could be charged to an offshore company on a cost plus basis.
139 Offshore companies are exempt from exchange controls and withholding tax.
140 A handful may have placed bets via the Internet with an offshore bookie.
141 The offshore petroleum industry training organisation has now established a data base to provide details of the courses attended.
142 Two pairs of beacons on the coast provide fixed markers for offshore speed trials.
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143 They have been known to swim to an offshore tern colony and kill dozens of chicks and adults in a single night.
144 Offshore a small tug belched black smoke as she struggled to pull a string of barges.
145 Avoid strong tides, offshore winds, poor visibility or sailing in the dark.
146 Four significant gas discoveries and one significant oil discovery, all offshore, have been announced resulting from this activity.
147 The plant, due to open in 1995, will pump treated sewage further offshore into Cape Cod Bay.
148 But we were hoping for a much rarer black bird ... Offshore, fished arctic terns.
149 The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
150 Even so, many expatriates are put off the offshore industry by its reputation for shady practices.
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