Example sentences of "to switch off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ada Gaily had remembered to switch off the refrigerator . |
| 2 | The superb setting of the Playa del Sol Beach Club helps you to switch off the moment you arrive . |
| 3 | To switch off the respirator otherwise is impermissible . |
| 4 | This report , of the Medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties in the United Kingdom , concerns itself with the diagnosis of brain death , but at the outset acknowledges that ‘ the dilemma of when to switch off the ventilator has been the subject of much public interest . ’ |
| 5 | A trick I like to play when using a record or tape is to switch off the music two or three times to get everyone predicting when the end will come . |
| 6 | I did n't bother to switch off the tape , and found myself listening to a religious programme , which suggested that suffering , guilt and penance is the path towards righteousness . |
| 7 | Another method is simply to switch off the tail compensation system and some radios are fitted with an easily accessible switch for this purpose . |
| 8 | The simplest method is to switch off the lights and to lighten the shadow areas by reflecting some of the daylight back onto the subject . |
| 9 | Were they still dressing or had the ADC forgotten to switch off the lights ? |
| 10 | Parents and doctors want to switch off the system which has kept him alive since the 1989 , but fear the legal implications . |
| 11 | The move came after his parents Allan and Barbara won a court ruling allowing medical staff to switch off the life support systems he had relied on since the tragic injury that left him in a persistent vegetative state . |
| 12 | Be sure to switch off the power at the mains . |
| 13 | As she stretched out an arm to switch off the light she saw , on the marble-topped bedside table , the book which had been open on the bedcover when she had first visited the house . |
| 14 | On February 20 , one week after the shooting , the couple 's local vicar took the decision , on Chris 's behalf , to switch off the machine . |
| 15 | It is therefore advisable to switch off the fountain whenever the wind is particularly strong . |
| 16 | Kandinskaya put out a hand to switch off the visiphone but the speaker at the other end said hastily , ‘ Oh , and another thing . ’ |
| 17 | Next thing Pa was lunging past me to switch off the machine . |
| 18 | But Nicola 's husband recovered himself and padded over from the settee to switch off the television . |
| 19 | She had gone to the cloakroom at the back of the building to put on her white coat and he had gone to the box in Chief Inspector Martin 's office to switch off the system which protected the inner doors of the main Laboratory rooms . |
| 20 | With a low , shuddering exclamation he reached to switch off the light , letting the moon illuminate the room with its pale brilliance . |
| 21 | Whenever I go out of a room I am certain to switch off the light . |
| 22 | That 's generally ample time for you to close down a database without panic , and to switch off the computer in an orderly fashion . |
| 23 | You used to switch off the lights and run . |
| 24 | She buried her face against him , afraid to say any more in case he guessed how she felt , and he gathered her close , reaching out to switch off the lamps . |
| 25 | Lying awake that night , Lindsey sighed , tossing restlessly as her mind refused to switch off the events of the day . |