Example sentences of "off [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Student bedroom heating is normally switched off during holiday periods and that for communal areas reduced to a minimum , but no detailed apportionment has been carried out . |
| 2 | Under section 29 of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 , an employer must permit an employee who is a councillor to take time off during working hours for the purpose of performing his duties as a councillor . |
| 3 | So effortlessly in fact that he would often go off during working hours with his gun to bag a pheasant or a hare rash enough to have entered our grounds . |
| 4 | If this sort of technology was introduced into commercial-sized refrigeration plants , they could be turned off during peak times and then switched back on during low demand periods , saving money for the companies that own them and using less energy . |
| 5 | They were there at last , Lucy was bundled as gently as speed would allow on to a trolley and whisked off through swing doors , and Virginia stared , hollow-eyed , at Guy as they waited around silently in the reception area . |
| 6 | Studies are also being undertaken on the trade off between life history strategies . |
| 7 | Tell us what turns you on and off about TV gardening in our reader survey . |
| 8 | In Manchester this revelation caused many a disgruntled fan to spout off about pop stars and their separation from former values . |
| 9 | GREAT BRITAIN star Phil Clarke was sent off as ton-up Wigan took their points tally to 114 in five scintillating days . |
| 10 | Now they are to be scrapped and sold off as scrap metal . |
| 11 | say your , er , er , and erm because there was no money in potatoes he , his sheds etcetera and his barns , he 's converted them and he 's letting them off as craft places |
| 12 | Sceptical officers thought he was trying to pass himself off as motor racing 's world champ . |
| 13 | Former Coalport production director Mike Harley ( below right ) takes over where Roger left off as production director at Tuscan . |
| 14 | Oh so you 'll be off for Easter Mike will you ? |
| 15 | Early bird Ruth arrives on her bike and pitches in with the adult workers at her grandfather 's stables every morning before she sets off for school Pictures : STUART FOSTER |
| 16 | I must go and break it to dear Dimity , and then we must clear up things here , and set off for Thrush Green without delay . ’ |
| 17 | Now , just as a matter of interest , whilst I remember , how are we off for manuscript paper ? |
| 18 | Lift off for Operation Cheshire . |
| 19 | turn it off for telephone conversations |
| 20 | Travelling the whole way from New Ross , Southern Ireland , paid off for Arklow Pipe Band , who won top honours in Grade 4A . |
| 21 | I 'd just been talking to the guard , twelve hour shifts , sixty hours a week and he ca n't even have any time off for tea breaks or meal breaks . |
| 22 | Have you ever had to take time off for health reasons ? |
| 23 | Employers must acquaint employees of their rights under the employment protection laws , such as the right to maternity leave and the right to take time off for trade union activities ( see below ) . |
| 24 | Time off for carrying out trade union activities may require some interpretation , The Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) has published a code of practice on this subject , ‘ Time off for Trade Union Duties and Activities ’ , which is available from HMSO and other booksellers . |
| 25 | She reckons if she takes time off for maternity leave she wo n't get back in . |
| 26 | Although you may be able to fob off your opponent by letting them have a copy of your accounts ledger , you should not be in a position where you have to write off for copy receipts ; all these documents should be properly filed . |
| 27 | To provide temporary shut off for routine servicing , such a re-washering , push-fit service valves are also available : the valve can be operated from fully open to fully closed by a quarter-turn screwdriver slot . |
| 28 | Employees may be given time off for house hunting or may be expected to do this at weekends . |
| 29 | One corner of this shop is partitioned off for brake work , brake testing , metalling of axle-box and other bearings and for dealing with passenger communication apparatus , etc . |
| 30 | Diplomatic relations with the USA had been broken off after World War II , following Albanian suspicions that attempts were being made to subvert the communist regime of Enver Hoxha , who had taken power in 1944 ; relations with the Soviet Union were severed in 1961 following ideological disputes . |