Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] be [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within his own country , he is not so much a Leviathan as a Gulliver figure hemmed in and tied down by a complex network of restraints that must be thrown off if he is to be more than a helpless giant in the White House . |
| 2 | Though the current talk is about establishing multinational units and of creating a European rapid-deployment force that could be sent off at short notice to cope with unexpected contingencies , Europe 's armies have too many of the wrong sorts of forces , doing the wrong jobs . |
| 3 | As you say three thousand pound a year that could be paid off a place of our own is is just I mean if I have to rent it well I 'll have to rent one . |
| 4 | The specified conditions as to the amount of supply that could be sold off , were ones to which we were asked to agree — conditions to be applicable to all bidders — before the Government would even consider pursuing the possibility of a private sale . |
| 5 | Nothing for the archives and nothing that could be sold off , this bric-a-brac had obviously been stored against the possibility of some surviving and previously untraced relative appearing to claim it . |
| 6 | I would n't advocate a university that would be cut off from society . |
| 7 | If the mixture is stirred vigorously , the tin particles form a froth on the top that can be scraped off . |
| 8 | This keeps the material inside reasonably dry and sweet and also provides a liquid fertiliser that can be drawn off regularly via a tap at the bottom . |
| 9 | The economic strength of society is not something that can be peeled off and thought of separately from the quality of the life of those who are members of that society . |
| 10 | Using this , make a box 375mm square and 375mm high , with a lid that can be taken off in the spring so that the box can be cleaned . |
| 11 | Dr Cox was given a 12-month suspended sentence and may be struck off . |
| 12 | If the patient is unconscious and will never regain consciousness , or is suffering from a progressive or fatal illness , then the respirator must be seen as heroic treatment and may be turned off , as in the case of Karen Quinlan , when it is no longer of any lasting benefit . |
| 13 | Many practitioners know this , and may be put off from benefiting from the undoubted if limited strengths of functional assessment . |
| 14 | An alteration in your working pattern or routine is indicated — and may be triggered off by developments around the 24th . |
| 15 | In the two-page letter to Mr Major , the DUP leader says the inter-governmental conference comes at a dangerous time and should be called off . |
| 16 | It was the day the Crown Prince , swayed by von Mudra , came to the irrevocable conclusion that ‘ Operation GERICHT ’ had failed , and should be called off altogether . |
| 17 | On a visit to Northern Ireland , he was brash enough to taunt the region that it was a burden on the Westminster exchequer and could be cut off without a penny . |
| 18 | Dr Bromley was fined £750 and is also now likely to face a disciplinary hearing before the General Medical Council and could be struck off . |
| 19 | If we were knitting , the stitch would be behind the latch and would be knitted off . |
| 20 | If others offer us alarm calls without their having been previously ordered , they usually feel like an intrusion and a criticism , and will be fended off . |
| 21 | The tin oxide , being relatively heavy , travels only a short distance when carried by a stream of water and can be channelled off from the waste . |
| 22 | The feature is optional and can be turned off . |
| 23 | Types of tan Bronzers are normally gels that contain colour pigments and can be washed off easily at night — do remember to do this or your sheets will have a golden glow too ! |
| 24 | Wo n't smudge or run when touched and can be cleaned off with ordinary remover . |
| 25 | Mr Annan 's idea is that these planners — civilians as well as military men — should not remain on their bottoms in New York but should be sent off to the field to implement the operations they planned . |
| 26 | This is set to happen in October but could be put off until March . |