Example sentences of "[noun sg] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When inputting answers , lower case ( ‘ small letters ’ ) must be used — turn CAPS LOCK light off by pressing CAPS LOCK key once , and leave it off . |
| 2 | Almost all of them are found in regrowth , e.g. species of Cecropia and Piper , where the chewing off of competing plants is important . |
| 3 | To compare the total realisable value of stocks with the total cost could result in an unacceptable setting off of foreseeable losses against unrealised profits . |
| 4 | In Troeltsch , the focusing of attention on ‘ religion ’ which had been so central for Schleiermacher and Liberal Theology is thus intensified to the point where its separation off from Christian theology becomes inevitable . |
| 5 | Although historical events have conspired to seal Russian Formalism off from other intellectual developments in the twentieth century and to give it the character of an isolated and localized phenomenon , it does nevertheless have connections with a variety of more recent theoretical movements . |
| 6 | When approached by Central news Mrs Gee drove off at high speed . |
| 7 | The BBC 's vigorous prosecution of its commercial ends in this way is in stark contrast to such acts as the closing of The Listener , the selling off of irreplaceable books from its library and the closing of the Open University studios . |
| 8 | Jules laid the ball off to on-loan Barnsley striker Colin Marshall who ran on and hit the target from just outside the box with the help of the far post . |
| 9 | Drive cable connectors can be cleaned by easing the connector off about halfway and then pushing it back on . |
| 10 | This was the highest-level Soviet-Israeli meeting since the breaking off of diplomatic relations in 1967 . |
| 11 | Perhaps the most remarkable example of self-mutilation that inflicts pain on the attacker is the breaking off of poisonous papillae by various kinds of sea slugs . |
| 12 | Cut a slice from the top of each fruit , then cut the peel and pith off in vertical strips to reveal the flesh . |
| 13 | In the UK , in recent years the funding of government spending by increasing the money supply has been seen as detrimental , while funding it by borrowing has also been seen as objectionable because of the choking off of private investment . |
| 14 | In order that the firm can communicate directly with any other parties it may be appropriate to include an authority to this effect in the letter ; it is also sensible to include a comment to the effect that there is always an element of trade off between absolute confidentiality and achieving the desired result . |
| 15 | This is a confidential document and considerable care is taken to ensure that it can not be related back to the company in question , although there is always an element of trade off between absolute confidentiality and achieving the desired results . |
| 16 | something to be dropped on from a great height as frequently as possible er particularly if it 's the G L C. In the United States , however much the federal government is irritated by the state government , it can not attack its constitutional powers nor can it undermine its financial base so that 's a different relationship , it 's a relationship based , not on dominance , but on partnership and there has to be an understanding , a trade off between federal and er a and state government . |
| 17 | At the smaller scale micro-fissures and incipient joints related to the original pattern of mineral crystallization in the rock provide lines of weakness along which exfoliation ( the spalling off of thin sheets of rock ) ( Fig. 6.20 ) and granular disintegration ( the disaggregation of individual crystals or particles ) can occur . |
| 18 | It is hard to convey to those who do not remember the abysmal depths of post-war British catering what a heady sensation it was to be invited to strike a blow for improvement — or to strike a restaurant off for bad cooking , uncleanliness or lack of attention . |
| 19 | ‘ At least the French are doing their best to kill the whole stupid thing off for good , ’ the heroine remarks ; and when her lover solemnly tells her that modern fiction can only be about the difficulty of writing fiction , she asks why writers bother to put their names on title-pages . |
| 20 | The navvies and the bricklayers , masons and blacksmiths , would troop off to other masters . |
| 21 | His decision to take a year off from international rugby has left selectors with the difficult choice of going for a short-term replacement or of opting for long-term continuity . |
| 22 | The type of off-farm work occasionally dictated the enterprises that the farm could have as time off at critical periods could clash with the off-farm employment . |
| 23 | I would like the Bill to contain a first offence penalty of a six-month custodial sentence — with no remission and no time off for good behaviour — in a properly funded and managed institution . |
| 24 | With several newly qualified teachers and many more awaiting initiation , they literally ‘ Swung ’ all over the place — adult institutes , local church halls , fetes , in fact in or on anything that would give them a few square feet of space ; one Essex teacher even did a two year S-T-R-E-T-C-H in H.M Prison , Holloway and got time off for good behaviour ( a class of course ! ) . |
| 25 | I would birch them like they do on the Isle of Man , and not give them time off for good behaviour . |
| 26 | Time off for public duties . |
| 27 | I told her that my ability as a golfer had secured me a good job at a finance company and a certain amount of time off for local competitions . |
| 28 | Does the authority have a sympathetic approach to those who require additional time off for domestic reasons ? |
| 29 | The committees therefore discriminate in favour of candidates under the age of 35 at the expense of those who have taken longer to reach senior registrar level because they have had to start again after moving from another country , were older when they entered medical school , or have had time off for sick leave or maternity leave . |
| 30 | The player off to foreign shores is Frank Strandli — which is a shame in a way cos he 's a Leeds fan . |