Example sentences of "be [verb] off in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remaining 51 per cent of Qantas will be sold off in a public share float some time next year . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If they did , the rate of reproduction of bacteria is such that 10 million copies of the New Testament could be run off in a single day , a missionary 's dream if only people could read the DNA alphabet but , alas , the characters are so small that all 10 million copies of the New Testament could simultaneously dance upon the surface of a pin 's head . |
| 5 | The horseshoe ridge that Ben Lawers dominates can be knocked off in a single day if you have legs of iron , but for a more leisurely exploration of the hills , Glen Lyon is where to pick off Meall a' Choire Leith , Meall Garbh , and the more distant Meall Greigh that turns the horseshoe into an S-shape . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His footballing skills were obviously allied to a questionable temperament , and in January 1985 Frank McAvennie lived up to his immense promise , becoming the first Scottish footballer to be sent off in a Premier league match for giving a ‘ V ’ sign to the opposing fans . |
| 8 | Ferguson became the first player to be sent off in the six-year reign of Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh . |