Example sentences of "be sold off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rolls are normally 100 metres and , if in this length the coating blotches , or a ‘ squeegee ’ effect appears in the dyed colour , or perhaps the ‘ picks ’ form lumpy doubled threads in the weft , then the run has to be sold off on a shorter roll . |
| 2 | In such situations , the most vital point is to resist any kind of planning application for development that will fragment the grounds — for example , permission to build houses in a walled garden which can ( and will ) be sold off as a separate development . |
| 3 | Conceivably , the shipping company could be sold off as a going concern that might bring it up to about 1Op in the Pound . " |
| 4 | The possibility that parts of the business could be sold off as a going concern should not be overlooked . |
| 5 | The remaining 51 per cent of Qantas will be sold off in a public share float some time next year . |
| 6 | This lengthy and expensive process is particularly unsuitable when the trustee suspects the assets may be sold off by the bankrupt or grabbed by local creditors . |