Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new conveyancer would be well advised to have a typed-out schedule of steps clipped into the side of his file , so that each requirement can be ticked off as the transaction proceeds . |
| 2 | Varnishes can be used direct from the container if the diameter is large enough for the brush being used , but it is better to pour the varnish into a paint kettle which has a wire stretched across the middle , so that excess varnish can be scraped off on the wire . |
| 3 | The tin oxide , being relatively heavy , travels only a short distance when carried by a stream of water and can be channelled off from the waste . |
| 4 | Any mulm and detritus can be syphoned off at the same time . |
| 5 | And since one partial theory can be played off against another in the same way that sentences can , we have eventually to hold , with Quine , that ‘ the unit of empirical significance is the whole of science ’ . |
| 6 | Any information the client is interested in can be printed off at any stage during the search . |
| 7 | After syndication , these warrants can be split off from the bond and traded separately . |
| 8 | To achieve this , ruled paper can be run off on a photocopier on a high contrast setting . |
| 9 | A stack of OHP foils , on the other hand , can be run off on your laser printer for virtually nothing and have a number of significant advantages . |
| 10 | Individual photocopies A4 handouts/posters can be run off for you on coloured paper at the office if you send in a clear original ( photographs/cut outs can be gummed on to the page and words either cut out , written , stencilled or typed ) . |
| 11 | Under byzantine medical and social insurance regulations in the USA , payments for maintenance and mortgage can be written off against tax . |
| 12 | Here the desires of the vendor and Newco may converge because the problem for Newco in acquiring goodwill is that it will reduce Newco 's distributable profits as it must be written off in the profit and loss account , unless it can be written off against the share premium account . |
| 13 | ‘ The rootzone is protected under the warmth of the polypropylene carpet and , although the grass can be kicked off during play , the roots are not damaged so that it recovers during the growing season . ’ |
| 14 | Discarded socks can be cut off at the ankle bend to make a similar protective sleeve . |
| 15 | The inner shell is a self-sufficient unit which can be cut off at once from the outer shell . |
| 16 | Valves are fitted in the hot and cold water supplies so that the water can be cut off from the whole system or from individual branches . |
| 17 | Fried and fatty meats are best avoided , but fat can be cut off before cooking , and meat or fish can be grilled or cooked in the oven . |
| 18 | Moreover , Keeble argued ( see section 2.4 ) that the shifts in the 1970s were due precisely to the counter-processes which can be sparked off by the concentration of development in a particular area . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Using this , make a box 375mm square and 375mm high , with a lid that can be taken off in the spring so that the box can be cleaned . |
| 21 | Alternatively the quantities can be taken off from the drawings or extracted from the builder 's estimate . |
| 22 | Obviously this would only be of benefit if there were capital gains against which the loss can be set off in the current or future years . |
| 23 | Wo n't smudge or run when touched and can be cleaned off with ordinary remover . |
| 24 | It takes at least two terms even to become familiar with a new job but , after that , few management changes can be put off for more than a year . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | As the late collector stated , the antiquities market can be treacherous going , as many collectors can be put off by unanswered questions of authenticity and provenance . |
| 27 | Some pests are large enough to be gathered and destroyed by hand : caterpillars can be picked off at any time , while slugs and snails around vulnerable plants are easily collected by torchlight on moist evenings . |
| 28 | For the collector of Munros , the skyline boundaries of Glen Shiel provide exhilarating expeditions with Munros so profuse that they can be picked off like apples from a tree . |
| 29 | Again compare decimal and number place values : Thousands Hundreds Tens Units tenths hundredths thousandths Any metric length correctly placed in the table can be read off to a required unit of measurement . |
| 30 | unc Any metric weight , correctly placed in the table , can be read off to whichever unit of weight is needed . |