Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [to-vb] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suggests the army could no longer be used to drain off the unemployable proletariat by conscription , nor could the newly independent colonies be used to dump the troublesome of society ( see also Hughes 1987 ) . |
| 2 | Pahaska meanwhile is determined to walk off the catwalks and rejoin her community by Christmas to help in its struggle . |
| 3 | Some researchers think that scanning microscopes could eventually be used to read off the sequence of amino acids that form DNA . |
| 4 | He 's turned his cab into a mobile picture gallery , and has even been known to dash off the odd sketch of the people he drives around . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't want to sound sinister , but it could equally well be used to trigger off the detonator in an explosive device being carried by an American Air Force bomber . ’ |
| 6 | A single SSR can then be used to close off the original SPR when the originator is satisfied that all useful information has been extracted and transferred onto the new SPRs . |
| 7 | A single SSR can then be used to close off the original SPR when the originator is satisfied that all useful information has been extracted and transferred onto the new SPRs . |