Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [v-ing] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUPERMARKET chains are ripping off customers by packaging joints of beef with extra fat . |
| 2 | In this case , the shareholders are passing off some risk on to the manager . |
| 3 | More and more self-build projects are taking off all over the NorthEast and Mr Edwards said clear guidelines had to be laid down . |
| 4 | Oh no , look buns are going off on the floor everywhere ! |
| 5 | My manners are tearing off heads — |
| 6 | 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 ) |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There are only two thousand still alive in the city , and the survivors are dying off daily . |
| 9 | These neutrons are setting off alarms all round your cerebral hemispheres . |
| 10 | Voices are signing off all over Deptford as guys quit their lookout duties and come rushing over . |
| 11 | New sub-disciplines are taking off at an extraordinary rate , associated in particular with the integration of computer systems into society 's systems of communication , management and finance . |
| 12 | TOP Of The Pops is to be axed after 28 years because youngsters are switching off in droves . |
| 13 | The EPA insists that deals are better than lengthy lawsuits , but some in Congress suspect that polluting companies are getting off lightly . |
| 14 | ‘ But when companies are laying off workers , they ca n't then be seen to donate money to charity . |
| 15 | Your trousers are falling off . |
| 16 | For a while supporters of the theory placed great faith in quasars — very distant galaxies whose cores are giving off colossal amounts of energy . |
| 17 | The families are heading off for the only place where they can make a living these days : the jungle area of Chapare in Cochabamba. province . |
| 18 | Now enlightened farmers are fencing off and replanting areas which can he selectively utilised for animal feeding . |
| 19 | It seems as if the top 10 firms are walking off with all the prizes these days — literally . |
| 20 | The wheels are coming off , if you ask me . |
| 21 | The mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years and lending is shrinking steadily , partly because there is only a trickle of new customers and partly because existing customers are paying off at least part of their mortgages when they can . |
| 22 | Cos you get the sort of thing like things are dripping off and if you 've got germs in them and you 've had a bad |
| 23 | Now PCBs and other industrial pollutants are killing off the beluga . |
| 24 | Olfactory synapses are popping off throughout the brain as you stand on the parquet floor , observing the chipped varnish of the tables . |
| 25 | MOST of Europe 's unmarried royals are setting off on a cruise on Norway 's fjords next week , giving hopes for at least one blue-blooded romance . |
| 26 | Should n't say things like that , I suppose , ’ he simpered , ‘ but all my friends are going off and doing it . |
| 27 | About 60 members and their friends are heading off to Whitehead for the day and anyone who would like to join them should contact Billy ( tel Belfast 423740 ) for further details . |
| 28 | Opposition Members are cutting off their noses to spite their own faces by encouraging Mr. Millan to withhold our money . |
| 29 | The pupils are heading off to America next summer for the World Cup and the Norman Whiteside All Stars XI game is one of a number of fund raising exercises planned . |
| 30 | And all the exits are clearing off ? |