Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] off by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is why organisations like Oxfam argue that virtually all non-concessional debt should be written off by creditors , not just a smaller share of debt taken on before a certain date . |
| 2 | Nor does Pearce believe up-and-coming managers should be put off by the apparent decline in moral standards of business . |
| 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 | Digesting food uses up about 20 per cent of our calorie intake but the rest must be worked off by the energy we expend while living our lives . |
| 5 | Revolution might be staved off by " trickle-down " economics , in Europe and North America , on the basis of ever greater economic growth ; however , it was increasingly clear that not every family in the world could run a private car , or even own their own home . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Girobank also makes loans , with the attraction for people who might be put off by the image of conventional banks that the transaction is entirely postal . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | That way if you 're really keen you can learn something worthwhile — and if you 're just messing about you 'll be put off by the price . |
| 10 | There is some concern that such schemes could be killed off by privatisation . |
| 11 | The trains appeared to penetrate the buildings themselves , for shed and offices were conceived in a single mass , and the tracks could be closed off by gates . |
| 12 | He saw the existence of all these features in certain deprived areas as ‘ creating a predisposition towards violent protest ’ , which could be sparked off by incidents such as confrontations between local residents and the police or by rumours about the actions of the police or other authority figures . |
| 13 | The trailer brakes could be held off by a separate braking system when coupled to the tractor . |
| 14 | If the actual performance of liege homage could be staved off by Henry 's successors until the territorial clauses of the 1259 treaty were properly implemented , then it could be claimed that the duke was acting as defacto sovereign in his duchy until such time as the agreement was fulfilled . |
| 15 | Constance thought it extraordinary that this English-looking body could be topped off by such an Italian face . |
| 16 | The same dirt could be burnt off by the use of heat which is a method available in some domestic ‘ self cleaning ’ ovens . |
| 17 | Others may be put off by the complicated forms . |
| 18 | These may be triggered off by someone who tries unwisely to hurry the widow into the full realisation of her loss before she is ready to accept it . |
| 19 | An alteration in your working pattern or routine is indicated — and may be triggered off by developments around the 24th . |
| 20 | What may be laughed off by one child may send another into a panic of embarrassment , leaving a legacy of permanent caution in later years . |
| 21 | This lengthy and expensive process is particularly unsuitable when the trustee suspects the assets may be sold off by the bankrupt or grabbed by local creditors . |
| 22 | Tom Berenger 's ‘ Sgt Barnes ’ symbolised the brutalising effects of the war , but in this sequence Stone 's script was honest enough to show how unintended atrocity may be sparked off by an accidental chain of events . |
| 23 | The trend of judge-made law may be set off by a case involving an atypical trade or may be located in a consumer transaction . |
| 24 | In the commission 's view these rules are so flexible that no company need be put off by them . |
| 25 | The Record of Understanding identified 24 migrant worker hostels which would be fenced off by Nov. 15 . |
| 26 | Any that might would be warned off by Australia , which takes a protective interest in its former colony . |
| 27 | Hundreds of workers marched on Westminster earlier this year , fearing that come privatisation , the millions in the BR pension fund would be creamed off by the new rail franchise companies . |
| 28 | On the negative side , the small shareholder may find himself scaled down to such a small stake that a sizeable portion of profits would be wiped off by share-dealing costs . |
| 29 | Containers and freight , craned down on to the raft from the deck of the LSL , would be lifted off by the giant Fiat Allis fork-lift trucks . |
| 30 | Whereas in the wild , the effect of a burst of adrenaline would be worked off by the strenuous exercise ( running for your life ) that followed , this does not happen when the adrenaline is generated by an unpleasant encounter with a bank manager or traffic warden . |