Example sentences of "[to-vb] it off [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to get a true comparison between the firms ( and accordingly between the contributions , both capital and income generating , of their partners ) it may be necessary : ( 1 ) to revalue capital assets to a common date ; ( 2 ) to bring in the profits from the disposal of any property not required by the merged firm ; ( 3 ) to devise some means of compensation if goodwill is to be written out of account where it has previously been treated as an asset in which the partners have a share ; ( 4 ) where work in progress features in the accounts of one of the firms , to eliminate it by billing or to write it off against the capital accounts of that firm 's partners ; ( 5 ) to settle how bad debts are to be treated post-merger , either charged generally against the new firm or separately against the partners of the old firms ; ( 6 ) to write off the value of old fixtures and fittings ; ( 7 ) to revise profit and loss accounts to a common accounting date . |
| 2 | If a lesson involves groupwork , you might even experiment with keeping the camera fixed on one group of learners — it is possible to lock it off without an operator and it need not be too obvious to students that they are being singled out . |
| 3 | When he did n't reply she felt something bad approaching and tried to ward it off with an apology . |
| 4 | But when she looked at the mirror again the stain of spectacles was still there and she had to wipe it off with a cloth so that Larry would not see . |
| 5 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 6 | If some local traveller wanted to sleep it off in the Rectory , who was she to say he should not . |
| 7 | No , I 'm going to switch it off in a minute |
| 8 | He 's gon na give it into Mericlean and Mericlean , just said we 'll have to send it off to the tax office to get your tax code changed . |
| 9 | No servant should be at liberty to carry it off to a rival in trade and thus save him the expense and expertise of doing it himself " . |
| 10 | I used to rub it off on the way to school . |
| 11 | Yes , okay and we 're still coming round yet again and the last one cos she 's got quite a large fist , I 'll take it over the top , round the back and this one now I can tie , tie it off , sorry tie it off on the back of her hand now , I do n't want to tie it off on the front cos in a minute I want to put this into a sling not too tight ? |