Example sentences of "be called off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the rebels , after a planned night attack had been called off at the last minute , had gone off into Inverness in search of food or were sleeping exhausted , unwilling to be roused , when news arrived of Cumberland 's approach . |
| 2 | A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ . |
| 3 | On April 8 it was reported that ANC peace talks with Inkatha , scheduled for the previous weekend , had been called off as a result of the ANC 's May 9 ultimatum to de Klerk . |
| 4 | This view could not easily be maintained as the evidence mounted that , despite their negotiations with Sir Herbert Samuel and the TUC 's meeting with the Prime Minister on 12 May , the strike had been called off without any guarantees that those who had been involved would not be victimized by employers and that there would be no immediate resumption of negotiations between the coal miners and the coal owners . |
| 5 | Seven meetings have been called off in the last two days , including all three of yesterday 's cards plus three scheduled for today at Carlisle , Taunton and Warwick . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's true this is the first time all but one of the World Cup downhills have been called off before Christmas and , with the Madonna slalom cancelled , that 's unique . ’ |
| 7 | Wednesday 's meeting at Worcester is almost certain to be called off with the course is under several feet of water . |
| 8 | This applies both to standard reports that may be added to a report library to be called off on demand and to ad hoc reports that are produced to answer a special request . |
| 9 | He 's still probably sweating a little because he 's waiting to be called off at the next motorway junction . |
| 10 | If these conditions are not met , South Africa 's tour to England in November will be called off by the ANC . |
| 11 | Slough 's home match with Clifton has also being called off following Sue Chandler 's call to the colours . |
| 12 | The strikes were called off on May 23 after an appeal from Gorbachev . |
| 13 | The hunger strikes were called off on Oct. 20 , although the PPD said that it would continue its boycott of the National Assembly . |
| 14 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |
| 15 | Both were reported to have agreed , but the talks were called off at the last minute . |
| 16 | Strikes and protests were called off by the nationalists pending the outcome of the discussions , which ended on Jan. 12 in an apparent climb-down by the nationalists , all participants in the " public council " endorsing a draft declaration which upheld the Dec. 29 decisions on minority rights . |
| 17 | A further irritant had occurred earlier in the month when talks scheduled for Aug. 17 to create a joint Korean Olympic team were called off by the North . |
| 18 | Attempts by British Telecom to find a partner in America foundered again when talks with Electronic Data Systems , America 's biggest computing-services company and a subsidiary of General Motors , were called off after disagreement on how much control BT would have over EDS . |
| 19 | However , mass meetings organized in Vietnam to condemn " counter-revolutionaries in Poland " were called off after the Polish government formally protested at Vietnam 's " interference " in Poland 's internal affairs . |
| 20 | After having lost over fourteen hours to the weather , the game was called off with the score at 227 for 6 declared , and a series that had promised so much with its exciting start fizzled out meaninglessly , with almost seven of the twenty-five playing days lost . |
| 21 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 22 | A press conference Mr Kaifu had scheduled for Wednesday evening to explain what the government had decided was called off at the last minute . |
| 23 | Sheringham , who cost £2 million from Millwall 12 months ago , was lined up for Spurs a fortnight ago but the deal was called off at the last minute . |
| 24 | The plan was called off at the last moment . |
| 25 | However , this too was called off at the last minute , apparently because of opposition outrage over a massacre at Mbuji-Mayi in central Zaire . |
| 26 | I was really pissed off when it was called off at 5.20 |
| 27 | But the meeting was called off at the last minute and now Caldaire hopes to hold talks on Tuesday , February 25 . |
| 28 | The officers ' occupation was called off on Feb. 15 , with an agreement that the appointment of a civilian Defence Minister should be postponed until after the May general election . |
| 29 | In the event the hunger strike was called off on May 12 , 1989 , on the basis of the concessions offered by the SPD-ruled Länder : concessions not implemented in the other states . |
| 30 | The strike was called off on Dec. 12 . |