Example sentences of "[noun] can [be] [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , readers can be put off from finding out more about the MU , which is the only organization providing protection and service solely to musicians . |
| 2 | The advantage of this is that the secretaries can be laid off during the summer recess , and MPs can avoid the cost of employing them from the ‘ expenses ’ allowance . |
| 3 | On and off street parking is available within easy walking distance of the museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance |
| 4 | Ample free parking is available adjacent to the Museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance |
| 5 | On and off street parking is available within easy walking distance of the museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance . |
| 6 | Obviously this would only be of benefit if there were capital gains against which the loss can be set off in the current or future years . |
| 7 | Further , if unc where u , v are units and unc are positive primes then u = v , r = s and the pi and the qi can be paired off in such a manner that paired primes are equal . |
| 8 | A new conveyancer would be well advised to have a typed-out schedule of steps clipped into the side of his file , so that each requirement can be ticked off as the transaction proceeds . |
| 9 | Under byzantine medical and social insurance regulations in the USA , payments for maintenance and mortgage can be written off against tax . |
| 10 | External angles can be finished off by fitting a rebated angle moulding down the corner . |
| 11 | Alternatively the quantities can be taken off from the drawings or extracted from the builder 's estimate . |
| 12 | Any mulm and detritus can be syphoned off at the same time . |
| 13 | Once the colour has solidified in the palette you can treat it as normal ‘ pan ’ watercolour : the colour can be lifted off by applying a wet brush . |
| 14 | It takes at least two terms even to become familiar with a new job but , after that , few management changes can be put off for more than a year . |
| 15 | Valves are fitted in the hot and cold water supplies so that the water can be cut off from the whole system or from individual branches . |
| 16 | Some pests are large enough to be gathered and destroyed by hand : caterpillars can be picked off at any time , while slugs and snails around vulnerable plants are easily collected by torchlight on moist evenings . |
| 17 | Some of the problems associated with old age can be warded off by eating enough of the right foods . |
| 18 | ‘ The rootzone is protected under the warmth of the polypropylene carpet and , although the grass can be kicked off during play , the roots are not damaged so that it recovers during the growing season . ’ |
| 19 | And since one partial theory can be played off against another in the same way that sentences can , we have eventually to hold , with Quine , that ‘ the unit of empirical significance is the whole of science ’ . |
| 20 | The consequences of elite control can be read off from the record of policy formulation and implementation in liberal democracies . |
| 21 | The idea that control of monetary policy can be hived off from the rest of economic policy is false . |
| 22 | To achieve this , ruled paper can be run off on a photocopier on a high contrast setting . |
| 23 | Teleologies produce stable narratives in which the meaning of any conjuncture can be read off from the ‘ stage ’ it is supposed to represent in the dynamic unfolding of some ultimate and pre-defined goal . |
| 24 | After syndication , these warrants can be split off from the bond and traded separately . |
| 25 | As the late collector stated , the antiquities market can be treacherous going , as many collectors can be put off by unanswered questions of authenticity and provenance . |
| 26 | Fried and fatty meats are best avoided , but fat can be cut off before cooking , and meat or fish can be grilled or cooked in the oven . |
| 27 | Discarded socks can be cut off at the ankle bend to make a similar protective sleeve . |
| 28 | Varnishes can be used direct from the container if the diameter is large enough for the brush being used , but it is better to pour the varnish into a paint kettle which has a wire stretched across the middle , so that excess varnish can be scraped off on the wire . |
| 29 | Individual photocopies A4 handouts/posters can be run off for you on coloured paper at the office if you send in a clear original ( photographs/cut outs can be gummed on to the page and words either cut out , written , stencilled or typed ) . |
| 30 | Different sections can be masked off in various ways ( for example , by a black card or a partial image painted on glass , partly left clear ) and exposed separately — either to give a composite that looks like a single image , or to show multiple images at once . |