Example sentences of "[verb] off [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Camdessus , Conable urged creditor nations to write off debt to the poorest nations [ see also p. 37731 for LDC conference in Paris ] and claimed that a 10 per cent cut in military spending by members of NATO would free enough resources to double development assistance . |
| 2 | Conversely , when facilities are made available , LIFESPAN users may send off transactions to LIFESPAN for processing as normal . |
| 3 | As they poured in further canfuls , I encouraged them to work out the amounts mentally by rounding off £1.19 to £1.20 , and taking away 1p . |
| 4 | In a US property , a guest let off steam to the bartender because his room was not ready and it was already late . |
| 5 | In the meantime the Slovenian government had on July 17 cut off electricity to five military bases as a protest . |
| 6 | He died during the blockade ( when the Germans cut off supplies to Leningrad and almost one million people died ) but I rebuilt my life through my work . ’ |
| 7 | The Humber has been a barrier which cut off trade to the south . |
| 8 | Such accommodation is likely to be withdrawn as councils Increasingly sell off property to private developers . |
| 9 | While he laughs off comparisons to Lawrence of Arabia , he admits that ‘ to spend 10 years getting the film made must mean it corresponds to something deep inside ’ . |
| 10 | San Francisco has had a privatised police force since 1851 , when the city cops were so desperate for help that they sold off districts to private enterprise . |
| 11 | These solutions have been successful in providing users with the ability to fire off queries to multiple databases . |
| 12 | These solutions have been successful in providing users with the ability to fire off queries to multiple databases . |
| 13 | To exploit his stature , de Gaulle had to create an organization from scratch , fend off rivals to his legitimacy , and dodge the attempts of his " allies " ( he used quotation marks on occasion ) to remove him . |
| 14 | Recruitment takes off thanks to Springboard |
| 15 | What the apparatus ‘ sees ’ is the decay of the Z o into an electron and a positron ( an antielectron ) flying off back to back from the point of the collision . |
| 16 | Stein and his staff had also filled , in principle , the several hundred other posts , but most of these members of staff would not take up their positions until three weeks before the hotel 's grand opening , timed to tie in with a huge party which Stephen was throwing for island dignitaries and specially invited celebrities , Michael Stein had proved his worth yet again in sending off invitations to the party , offering a free week 's holiday to various A-list showbiz and society figures . |
| 17 | But the city council has said Expo can have all the water it needs , even if this means cutting off supplies to the city itself , a decision which has not thrilled Sevillanos , already resentful of the ephemeral extravaganza planted on their doorsteps . |
| 18 | This very simple type of graph is called a number line It can be used to count off answers to + and — operations . |
| 19 | Some US$40,000,000 of the unfrozen aid was destined to be used to replenish foreign exchange reserves , pay for oil imports and pay off arrears to international organizations . |
| 20 | An official decision by the authorities to switch off electricity to student dormitories at 11 p.m. led to unrest on campus . |
| 21 | Borough council officers are looking at several ways of helping disabled motorists to shop in the town once High Row and Skinnergate become off bounds to them on March 29 . |
| 22 | The right solution is to auction off slots to the highest bidder . |
| 23 | This is a major cause of physical handicap , but the insertion of valves which drain off fluid to the heart have reduced the risk of brain damage . |
| 24 | We were so worried by the Oldie editor 's eccentric behaviour , we sent off letters to the agony aunts to ask for their help |
| 25 | Sotheby 's lent Bond 15m pounds to buy ‘ Irises ’ : Australian entrepreneur hopes to pay off debt to auctioneers by selling important Manet painting |
| 26 | These included lower interest rates on farm loans and emergency funds to enable dairies to pay off debts to farmers for unpaid milk . |
| 27 | For the trade unions to buck existing laws ( eg. to cut off supplies to the factory ) would involve them in a political struggle they do not have the strength or will to win — against the government , against the employers , against ‘ public opinion ’ . |
| 28 | In their continuing efforts to cut off supplies to government forces besieged in Berbera , the SNM claimed to have captured another cargo ship in the Red Sea on Jan. 15 . |
| 29 | The recent attempt by Clive Pearman , the chief superintendent in charge of Notting Hill , to persuade the two local councils to cut off funds to voluntary orgnanisations which he considered inimical was an example of an approach whose shortcomings have come to be appreciated at the Yard . |