Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we know that a lot of beginners are put off by the complexity of larger boats and one great advantage of the Topper is that it 's so quick to raise and easy to sail , so great for beginners . |
| 2 | Cold sores are triggered off by an increase in body temperature such as when sunbathing or skiing . |
| 3 | It is important to note that the law gives preference to certain debts owed by the company before non-preferred debts are paid off . |
| 4 | With exposure lock , you can set the exposure for the full lighting , and this setting is then unaffected both when the lamps are switched off and also when the tree-lights are switched on , thus giving the lit tree its full dramatic impact . |
| 5 | Guarded by mandroids , the servators are sent off to the spaceport to deliver a container to each ship . |
| 6 | SUPERMARKET chains are ripping off customers by packaging joints of beef with extra fat . |
| 7 | In this case , the shareholders are passing off some risk on to the manager . |
| 8 | More and more self-build projects are taking off all over the NorthEast and Mr Edwards said clear guidelines had to be laid down . |
| 9 | ‘ Young women interested in the car or motorbike projects are put off by the number of young men , ’ says Hackney project worker Berverlin McKenzie . |
| 10 | With a solar-type star , however , the temperature rises to ten million degrees or so , and nuclear reactions are triggered off , so that the star settles down to a long period of stable existence . |
| 11 | Oh no , look buns are going off on the floor everywhere ! |
| 12 | The new separator relies on electrophoresis : different molecules are pulled off in different directions toward positive or negative electrodes . |
| 13 | At the same time , where a member has opted for a method known as settlement to market , all matching sale and purchase contracts are netted off and resulting gains and losses accounted for , leaving in the member 's account with LCH the following morning only a net long or short position in respect of each commodity or instrument for each delivery month . |
| 14 | In this imagery the liberal democratic state is run exclusively by elected governing elites and/or the bureaucracy , but both groups are cut off from control by broader social movements , political parties , or socially privileged groups ( see Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 15 | My manners are tearing off heads — |
| 16 | Soccer London fighters are let off lightly . |
| 17 | Doing it for real : forget well-toned bodies and cute faces , America 's home porn addicts are getting off on sex between Mr and Mrs Average ( and we mean average ) |
| 18 | Mr Fenney also has been ordered to comply with a landscaping scheme ; close the centre by 9pm every evening ; and make sure that his floodlights are switched off by that time . |
| 19 | When fruit is cooked in an open pan , some of the pesticides are boiled off , so this can help to lessen the amount that you eat . |
| 20 | So in the presence of a sustained stimulus , here , which is lasting around two milliseconds , the channels are switching off with a time constant of what around half a millisecond . |
| 21 | There are only two thousand still alive in the city , and the survivors are dying off daily . |
| 22 | These neutrons are setting off alarms all round your cerebral hemispheres . |
| 23 | Voices are signing off all over Deptford as guys quit their lookout duties and come rushing over . |
| 24 | Volumes are physically separate ; parts and chapters are labelled as such ; paragraphs are marked off by indentation and are visible without reading the words . |
| 25 | But her words were cut off , his mouth capturing hers , denying its freedom of speech . |
| 26 | . ’ Her words were cut off when his mouth covered hers , but when she clawed at him , one of his hands caught her wrists and held them and in a voice such as he had never used before , a deep moaning voice , he said , ‘ It 'll be all right . |
| 27 | ‘ And then he 'll ask why I 'm not there … ’ he began , but the words were choked off . |
| 28 | The words were broken off abruptly when the man saw Isabel sharing the saddle with fitzAlan . |
| 29 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 30 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |