Example sentences of "be [verb] off in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The generation of surplus ACT has a detrimental effect on the company 's reported earnings , since it must usually be written off in the accounts . |
| 2 | The recognition that children can not simply be written off in the rationality stakes and can not therefore be denied autonomy on this account has led some writers to conclude that they can not , therefore , be denied it on any account . |
| 3 | The expenditure concerned therefore will be written off in the year in which it is incurred . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A ruling yesterday by the Accounting Standards Board means any premium or discount when a company repurchases its own debt must be be written off in the same year it is incurred . |
| 6 | They would be going off in the boat together because that is what they always did in the mornings , to return in half an hour . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 9 | And then you 'll be finished off in the sculleries . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The mare will look after the foal until he 's at least five weeks old and then he 'll be weaned off in the natural way . |
| 12 | Ferguson became the first player to be sent off in the six-year reign of Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh . |