Example sentences of "[be] [verb] off [prep] the [adj] " 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 | 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 |
| 3 | Ample free parking is available adjacent to the Museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , all good things come to an end and , as expected sooner or later , our ramp would be sucked off to the great skatepark graveyard in the sky to join Chester , Warrington , Preston , Rhyl , etc. … everything this part of the country ever gets . |
| 6 | Containers and freight , craned down on to the raft from the deck of the LSL , would be lifted off by the giant Fiat Allis fork-lift trucks . |
| 7 | Therefore , under SSAP 24 the shortfall of £30m would be written off over the average remaining service life of the employees in the scheme . |
| 8 | Where there does exist a genuine public expression of concern about the way the police operate this can not just be dismissed as a matter of misunderstanding or be written off as the foolish ramblings of that police ‘ folk devil ’ the ‘ loony left ’ , who would dismantle the system for their own political ends . |
| 9 | A FURIOUS housewife took three workmen hostage after being told her heating must be turned off until the New Year . |
| 10 | Hundreds of workers marched on Westminster earlier this year , fearing that come privatisation , the millions in the BR pension fund would be creamed off by the new rail franchise companies . |
| 11 | Its 80-kilometre , elliptical layout is designed to carry water for six million Londoners to strategically placed pump shafts , from which it can be drawn off into the local network . |
| 12 | … while Men 's Heads are busied with the arts of money-jobbing between the Exchange and the Exchequer , they will be drawn off from the solid arts of honourable traffic ; which alone can prove nationally and permanently lucrative . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And the self same people who shake their heads and utter these remarks are the ones who will be heading off to the Med or Florida on their holidays next year , doubtless piloted there by someone up front who began his or her career on a little grass strip flying those little aeroplanes that look so flimsy . |
| 15 | Also on the competition front one lucky reader will be flying off to the sunny Bahamas for her honeymoon — so hurry up and enter , it might just be you ! |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Though in itself fairly insensitive under normal conditions it had to be set off by the early , very sensitive , mercury-fulminate detonator which was fired by safety fuze . |
| 18 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 19 | I hope , like Zen , that it gives people the feeling that they need not be cut off from the great intellectual and philosophical questions . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Although John Wright had been due to send Hanns a letter about the technical requirements , it was actually the choreographer who wrote again in late September , suggesting simplification to avoid distracting the eye and adding ‘ You must design several feet around the back cloth , otherwise what you have designed will be cut off by the back legs and flies ’ . |
| 22 | Nor does Pearce believe up-and-coming managers should be put off by the apparent decline in moral standards of business . |
| 23 | Do n't be put off by the bewildering choice of reading . |
| 24 | Readers interested in social policy should not be put off by the disciplinary context of geography : in many respects present-day geography is the next-door neighbour of social policy studies . |
| 25 | Cavers should n't be put off by the recent radiation scare , according to the National Caving Association . |
| 26 | Do n't be put off by the delicate appearance of this cake , but do allow plenty of time for the separate pieces of icing to harden well before assembling them all together . |
| 27 | Visitors should not be put off by the modern appearance of this roof , nor by the notice on the gate to the abbey field which indicates a slight trek back along the lane to Abbey Farm to pick up the key to view St Leonard 's Church , Kirkstead . |
| 28 | Others may be put off by the complicated forms . |
| 29 | Whereas in the wild , the effect of a burst of adrenaline would be worked off by the strenuous exercise ( running for your life ) that followed , this does not happen when the adrenaline is generated by an unpleasant encounter with a bank manager or traffic warden . |
| 30 | The mare will look after the foal until he 's at least five weeks old and then he 'll be weaned off in the natural way . |