Example sentences of "[verb] off on [noun prp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talks between representatives of the strikers and of the Industry and Trade Ministry were broken off on Aug. 28 , and on Aug. 31 the factory 's strike committee voted to continue the action . |
| 2 | Talks between representatives of the strikers and of the Industry and Trade Ministry were broken off on Aug. 28 , and on Aug. 31 the factory 's strike committee voted to continue the action . |
| 3 | Negotiations between the three ethnic communities in Bosnia-Hercegovina [ see p. 38849 for leaderships ] under the auspices of the EC continued in Lisbon , but were broken off on May 2 when the ceasefire was broken . |
| 4 | Oxfordshire 's Artweek kicks off on May 16 , with venues in and around Oxford , such as individual homes , studios , university buildings , shops and galleries throwing open their doors to exhibiting artists . |
| 5 | Oxfordshire 's Artweek kicks off on May 16 , with venues in and around Oxford , such as individual homes , studios , university buildings , shops and galleries throwing open their doors to exhibiting artists . |
| 6 | The activity kicks off on Tuesday 18 May when the roads will close for the annual practice session at 6.3Opm , opening again at 9.3Opm . |
| 7 | As one of the final stages in the government 's privatization programme , three major state-owned steel companies were sold off on Nov. 20 for a total price of $885,000,000 . |
| 8 | A call by the Federation of Niger Trade Unions ( USTN ) for a general strike " in defence of democracy " was widely observed on March 2 but was called off on March 3 following government pledges that no political concessions would be made to the mutineers . |
| 9 | The strike was called off on Feb. 21 after all 20 of the workers ' claims were resolved in negotiations with the government . |
| 10 | The officers ' occupation was called off on Feb. 15 , with an agreement that the appointment of a civilian Defence Minister should be postponed until after the May general election . |
| 11 | The public-sector strike which had begun on April 27 [ see p. 38872 ] was called off on May 7 after 11 days , and further strikes by the engineering and other private-sector unions were also avoided . |
| 12 | Strike action was thus called off on May 7 . |
| 13 | The strikes were called off on May 23 after an appeal from Gorbachev . |
| 14 | In the event the hunger strike was called off on May 12 , 1989 , on the basis of the concessions offered by the SPD-ruled Länder : concessions not implemented in the other states . |
| 15 | The strike was called off on July 15 , when the opposition met Ratsiraka for talks , but their dissatisfaction with the results prompted a resumption of strike action and the announcement that a retired general , Jean Rakotoharison , had been appointed president of the opposition provisional government , with Albert Zafy as prime minister . |
| 16 | However , industrial action was called off on Sept. 3 , as reportedly the government had acceded to all the Federation 's demands and revoked criminal charges against strikers . |
| 17 | The student strike under way since early November was called off on Dec. 11 . |
| 18 | The strike since Nov. 29 by Members of the Confederation of Independent Bulgarian Trade Unions ( CITUB ) was called off on Dec. 6 . |
| 19 | The strike was called off on Dec. 12 . |
| 20 | The hunger strikes were called off on Oct. 20 , although the PPD said that it would continue its boycott of the National Assembly . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , a hunger strike by SNS supporters against the Slovak language law passed in October had been resumed on Nov. 8 , but called off on Nov. 19 . |
| 22 | , export manager at Courtaulds Coatings in New Zealand , met fellow winner , manager of the trade and retail paint division at Courtaulds International ( Brazil ) , in Hobart when the yachts set off on February 13 . |
| 23 | In a separate presidential election Momir Bulatovic of the Montenegrin LC defeated Ljubisa Stankovic of the Alliance of Reform Forces in a second-round run off on Dec. 23 , having failed to win an absolute majority in a three-candidate first round contest on Dec. 9 . |
| 24 | The first of the six Soviet-built reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear plant was switched off on Sept. 4 , as had been announced in July following a highly critical safety report [ see p. 38350 ] . |
| 25 | The goody-goody hero from Krypton will be killed off on November 18 after 54 years of invincibility . |
| 26 | THE EAGLES ' 1992 international schedule will kick off on April 18 with a Test against a visiting Hong Kong side in the newly-renovated Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco . |
| 27 | The opening night of the tour at Tokyo 's 40,000 capacity Chiba Marine stadium kicked off on Friday 13 last month amid typhoon conditions . |
| 28 | David Dunbar and his team from Aid Unlimited are setting off on September 15 with a 12-ton lorry packed with vital supplies for orphanages in Arad , Tamisura , and Tackash . |
| 29 | Robert , of Almondbury , Huddersfield , West Yorks , had scoured the countryside for days after she ran off on November 14 . |
| 30 | Tim Severin , a renowned adventurer and author , set off on May 13th on a ‘ China voyage ’ which is taking him from Hong Kong to California on a bamboo raft , and will produce a book of that name , published by Little , Brown , in October 1994 . |