Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resolutions in general meeting ( or partnership meeting ) of both companies is , of course , a condition precedent and minority members or shareholders must be paid off respectively , their shares purchased and cancelled . |
| 2 | Any surface oil not absorbed after 10–15 minutes should be blotted off with a tissue . |
| 3 | For instance , there is the strict requirement of English that postnominal adjectives should be marked off by a pause in speech and by commas in writing , if and only if they are non-restrictive ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 4 | Similarly the moral crusaders , newspaper proprietors and muck-raking journalists should be called off . |
| 5 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 6 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 7 | Briar shoots on standard stems and from the base of bushes should be rubbed off while still juvenile and ‘ finger and thumb ’ fragile . |
| 8 | The concept of indirect discrimination was , according to the councils , at first unfamiliar to police , who also saw no reason why black candidates might be put off by the former question three — which asked the country of origin of spouse or lover 's parents . |
| 9 | They include asking whether various capital losses could be written off against property companies owned by BAe ; whether the Government was aware of BAe 's attempts to use leasing companies to defray indirectly further tax bills ; and what was the total trading tax loss written off . |
| 10 | The trailer brakes could be held off by a separate braking system when coupled to the tractor . |
| 11 | Indeed , readers can be put off from finding out more about the MU , which is the only organization providing protection and service solely to musicians . |
| 12 | The advantage of this is that the secretaries can be laid off during the summer recess , and MPs can avoid the cost of employing them from the ‘ expenses ’ allowance . |
| 13 | On and off street parking is available within easy walking distance of the museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance |
| 14 | Ample free parking is available adjacent to the Museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance |
| 15 | On and off street parking is available within easy walking distance of the museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance . |
| 16 | I thought you should be in all the roads 'll be blocked off . |
| 17 | As the President of a leading textile firm put it ‘ When the ship is about to be wrecked heavier cargoes should be thrown off to sea ’ ( quoted in Tsuda 1980 p.2 ) . |
| 18 | Quite rightly other countries , including Australia and New Zealand , have indicated concern and it 's even been suggested that the South African tours by those countries might be called off . |
| 19 | Builders may be offered help when they start new developments , and derelict inner-city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing . |
| 20 | While Fountains Abbey , the great Gothic ruin set in beautiful parkland , could naturally be transferred to the National Trust given a suitable endowment ( who would provide the millions needed for that ? ) , and Westminster Abbey 's Chapter House could be entrusted to the Church of England , it is uncertain whether some of the less glamourous archaeological sites could be hived off to local councils without risk to their future . |
| 21 | Shoes would be kicked off beneath the desks and lie untidily askew . |
| 22 | The goodwill arising from these transactions shall be written off against reserves prior to completion . |
| 23 | Further , if unc where u , v are units and unc are positive primes then u = v , r = s and the pi and the qi can be paired off in such a manner that paired primes are equal . |
| 24 | Discussing with North in September 1986 how the arms-sales creditors could be paid off , he was alarmed to hear him say ‘ Well , maybe we 'll have to take it out of the reserves . ’ |
| 25 | Houses could be paid off gradually ; paintings had to be bought outright . |
| 26 | ( For example , the electric repulsive force between two electrons is due to the exchange of virtual photons , which can never be directly detected ; but if one electron moves past another , real photons may be given off , which we detect as light waves . ) |
| 27 | As more JARs become part of harmonisation regulation we hope that this work and associated costs will diminish in the next year or so , and the cost of work on JARs must be set off against work not needed on BCARs . |
| 28 | Costs which do not qualify as issue costs should be written off to the profit and loss account as incurred . |
| 29 | The SORP requires that advances should be written off to the extent that it appears there is no realistic prospect of recovery . |
| 30 | I have heard it suggested that there is some danger that prospective buyers might be put off by the idea that their units have been used in this way . |