Example sentences of "'s [noun] [to-vb] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His acute political and personal crisis was increased by a direct attack from Michael Heseltine , who said the Chancellor 's attempts to shrug off the trade deficit smacked of ‘ socialist naivety ’ . |
| 2 | PRESIDENT REAGAN 'S decision to sell off the United States 's weather satellites , which was announced last week , has thrown the world 's meteorological community into confusion . |
| 3 | The other is that Mr Rabin 's decision to seal off the occupied territories — the closure is now in its second month — has made most Israelis feel a lot safer , and some of them a lot happier about giving up the territories altogether . |
| 4 | Spanish secret police have also intercepted ETA 's plans to cut off the site 's electricity supply during key events . |
| 5 | She used Peter 's knife to cut off the boot , then she looked at the broken leg . |
| 6 | MP for Harwich , Iain Sproat , feared under the Government 's scheme to sell off the uneconomical service , the rights of BR 's pensioners and current employees would be forfeit . |
| 7 | The success of these Australian guerrilla companies , with their high standard of individual field craft , their sound leadership deploying platoons with forethought for their mobility , and above all the men 's ability to live off the country while fighting a war of high mobility , had made their campaign in Timor one of the most important of small force operations in World War II . |