Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] off [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Camdessus , Conable urged creditor nations to write off debt to the poorest nations [ see also p. 37731 for LDC conference in Paris ] and claimed that a 10 per cent cut in military spending by members of NATO would free enough resources to double development assistance . |
| 2 | He died during the blockade ( when the Germans cut off supplies to Leningrad and almost one million people died ) but I rebuilt my life through my work . ’ |
| 3 | These included lower interest rates on farm loans and emergency funds to enable dairies to pay off debts to farmers for unpaid milk . |
| 4 | In their continuing efforts to cut off supplies to government forces besieged in Berbera , the SNM claimed to have captured another cargo ship in the Red Sea on Jan. 15 . |
| 5 | An official decision by the authorities to switch off electricity to student dormitories at 11 p.m. led to unrest on campus . |
| 6 | The recent attempt by Clive Pearman , the chief superintendent in charge of Notting Hill , to persuade the two local councils to cut off funds to voluntary orgnanisations which he considered inimical was an example of an approach whose shortcomings have come to be appreciated at the Yard . |