Example sentences of "be [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | But without that pride the Spaniard would not be Spanish , as Harvey writes : ‘ It is profoundly to be hoped that he will never allow these sharp angles to be smoothed off by the modern cult of ‘ all things to all men' ’ , and a false catholicity of taste which is no taste at all . |
| 2 | Concrete absorbs next to no water , and soft mortar takes too long to stiffen before it can be smoothed off and marked with a light cross-hatch key . |
| 3 | If others offer us alarm calls without their having been previously ordered , they usually feel like an intrusion and a criticism , and will be fended off . |
| 4 | Fig. 1 ( h ) As the pool fills , the stones should be eased off at intervals to allow the liner to fit snugly into the contours of the excavation . |
| 5 | The thing that made me a little envious was this girl — she 's his assistant on this particular film — ringing up , and there was a slight chance they would be going to Switzerland that day , and suddenly I was in there again and I thought how exciting it all was and how nice it would be to go off filming again . |
| 6 | Injury statistics and trends show that after substantial reductions in recent decades , employees fatalities appear to be levelling off at about 1.6 per 100 000 employees and that the reported major injury rate for employees has been stable over the last three years . |
| 7 | But the Tories have been quick to draw comfort from the latest figures , pointing out that the underlying trend showed that the rate of increase appeared to be levelling off in 1990 and 1991 . |
| 8 | And in fact prices would seem now to be levelling off somewhat throughout the country , slowing down in the North and levelling off at the current levels in the South . |
| 9 | The moisture in the gel will be given off during the day and reabsorbed at night . |
| 10 | ( For example , the electric repulsive force between two electrons is due to the exchange of virtual photons , which can never be directly detected ; but if one electron moves past another , real photons may be given off , which we detect as light waves . ) |
| 11 | The tail , when bitten , may then be broken off at a weak spot near the base , where there is a slight constriction . |
| 12 | Should a main branch be broken off for some reason ( by vineyard machinery , for example ) , it is permissible to bring out a shoot half-way along the next branch to fill the gap . |
| 13 | It must be understood that engagement in those days was a very serious matter which involved a written contract of intent to marry and needed legal consent if the engagement was to be broken off . |
| 14 | Many of us believe that diplomatic relations with Iran should be broken off . |
| 15 | With a well placed hole a considerable quantity of rock could be broken off ; all that was necessary was to have a free face to work from . |
| 16 | Cleaning is carried out with hot detergent solution during which the coating is dissolved enabling the soil to be floated off . |
| 17 | Walkinshaw happened to mention that his motor group TWR Ltd were working on a deal with a retail garage business to form a company which would be floated off within five years . |
| 18 | That proposal has a number of different themes to it ; briefly , Channel Four would be floated off from the IBA and would then be franchised as any other ITV company . |
| 19 | Unlike earlier pop stars , they have been careful not to be ripped off — they have a hand in the business side , share production , invest their earnings wisely . |
| 20 | Buying a second-hand board is rather like the second-hand car or computer market in that there are plenty of bargains but unless you are careful you can be ripped off . |
| 21 | Well I started when my children were quite young , and taught them that er advertisements on television were just an invitation to be ripped off . |
| 22 | Aboard the carriers were forty-eight Hurricanes and six Fulmars to be flown off , although on this occasion not all the fighters were for Malta . |
| 23 | To facilitate the mass launch , most of Wasp 's Wildcats had to be flown off to loiter overhead . |
| 24 | Up until the eve of the First World War resistance and insurrection , although limited , had persisted particularly in the wild hill country of the Sino-Vietnamese border and when the war began in 1914 and the reserves of power available to France , both French and Vietnamese , began to be drained off there was at least a local opportunity for revived resistance . |
| 25 | First , all juices and liquid which come from fish or meat to be potted , whether especially cooked for the purpose or whether left-over from a joint , must be drained off before the food is pounded or packed up for potting . |
| 26 | As oil floats on water , this allowed the water to be drained off while keeping the roofs afloat on the crude . |
| 27 | Chemically softened layers can be stripped off , sometimes , like wall paper , by this means . |
| 28 | Before we can begin to lay the new thatch the old roof has to be stripped off back to a firm base . |
| 29 | If you have a house with an uninsulated flat roof , it can be an expensive operation to insulate , as the roofing material needs to be stripped off and several layers of insulation put underneath before re-felting . |
| 30 | Also an early drizzly start to the day to the north of the county that seems to be easing off as well . |