Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [vb pp] off from [art] " in BNC.

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1 They are closed in the sense that the black child is cut off from the black community and all interaction takes place within a white social structure .
2 Because of LOFT 's small size , Fell says , previous tests in which coolant water is shut off from the core have overstated the effectiveness of emergency systems designed to keep temperatures down .
3 This rim is marked off from the rest of the cranium by a groove or postoccipital sulcus which ends at the posterior tentorial pit on either side and along which are inserted the dorsal prothoracic muscles moving the head .
4 Other devices are less consistently adopted , but it will be noticed that in ( 2 ) , as often , the non-restrictive clause is set off from the rest of the sentence by commas .
5 Furthermore , this structure is split off from the actual social structure they carry ‘ in their minds ’ and which they internalise from their own culture .
6 They were given no votes or erm opportunities and of course the same thing will happen if and when the Parcelforce is sold off from the Post Office er there 's twenty thousand people there .
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