Example sentences of "cut off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His left leg was cut off above the knee and he walked with a crutch under his left shoulder . |
| 2 | The unit will not corrode and does not have the sharp beam pattern cut off of modern halogen lights . |
| 3 | Rectal dialysis bags were made from inch Visking Tubing ( Medicell ) with a molecular weight cut off of 12000–14000 filled with Rheomacrodex ( Pharmacia ) as previously described . |
| 4 | Nikol'skaia volost' had actually become even more cut off since 1917 . |
| 5 | During talks on Feb. 2 the two sides agreed to resume border trade which had been cut off since the 1962 Sino-Indian War . |
| 6 | An emergency bridging loan to the value of US$247,500,000 , granted by the Japan , Mexico , Spain , Taiwan , Venezuela and the USA , in June , restored multilateral lines of credit cut off since November 1989 , when the previous government had been declared ineligible for further assistance by the IMF [ see p. 37039 ] . |
| 7 | Some US$570 million in military aid to Pakistan had been cut off since 1990 under US legislation requiring such a cut-off unless the President certified to Congress that Pakistan was not developing nuclear weapons [ see p. 37764 ] . |
| 8 | Sometimes the definitions can border on the eccentric : the American admiral who commands all his country 's ships , airmen , soldiers and marines in what the pentagon regards as ‘ the Pacific ’ — as in the admiral 's official title CINCPAC , Commander-in-Chief , Pacific — holds sway over an ocean which has its westerly shores oft Mombasa , and is arbitrarily cut off along a line running due south from the border between Mexico and Guatemala . |
| 9 | The plant matter , or haulm , will be cut off at ground level and put in the compost bin , and the nitrogen-rich root system left in the soil . |
| 10 | Discarded socks can be cut off at the ankle bend to make a similar protective sleeve . |
| 11 | Special Branch had warned that political violence was a possibility as the communists were planning to disrupt the meeting ; they allegedly had plans to locate the main power switch so that the lights could be cut off at a favourable moment . |
| 12 | The electricity supply had been cut off at least two years before . |
| 13 | The inner shell is a self-sufficient unit which can be cut off at once from the outer shell . |
| 14 | I am cut off at the waist for ever . |
| 15 | He wore a coat and a scarf because the electricity had been cut off at lunchtime . |
| 16 | If they are tongued-and-grooved , the tongue wilt have to be cut off at least one floorboard : a floorboard saw or circular saw can be used for this . |
| 17 | In effect the process of consultation and decision was cut off at a point where the situation was changing rapidly and when the leading contenders for office had in fact agreed to express their willingness to serve under Mr R. A. Butler . |
| 18 | Your supply will not be cut off for at least fourteen days ( 21 in the case of gas ) to give the council time to help . |
| 19 | Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth , which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday . |
| 20 | India was largely cut off for long periods , and its under-developed arms and textile industries were required to supply substantial quantities of ammunition and tents to British forces in the Middle and Far East . |
| 21 | Occasionally they were cut off for other reasons . |
| 22 | And the little one will lose heart and its life will drift away if it 's cut off for too long from its own animal world . ’ |
| 23 | Boss William Courtney says many more people were cut off for non-payment , but the shares added 2p to 455p . |
| 24 | In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air . |
| 25 | WOULD YOU HAVE YOUR HAIR CUT OFF FOR AN ALBUM COVER ? |
| 26 | She felt humiliated by her poverty , especially when the telephone was cut off for non-payment and she had to confess this to Gilda , the senior assistant in the shoe shop . |
| 27 | The cold water cistern provides a reserve of water in case the mains should be cut off for any reason , and because the system ( apart from the rising main ) operates at a lower pressure it is quieter . |
| 28 | Gorazde , home to up to 70,000 residents and refugees , has been cut off for months and under fierce attack for 17 days . |
| 29 | A BOSNIAN town cut off for ten months by Serb forces was reached by a United Nations convoy yesterday after relief supplies were allowed through Serb lines . |
| 30 | And that 's what they 've been cut off for . |