Example sentences of "switch off [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in the presence of a sustained stimulus , here , which is lasting around two milliseconds , the channels are switching off with a time constant of what around half a millisecond . |
| 2 | They had the car lights switched off for a while . |
| 3 | He switched off from the incident , lay back and analysed the day 's events . |
| 4 | This makes it easier to switch off at the end . |
| 5 | It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply . |
| 6 | It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply or at the project 's on/off switch . |
| 7 | All consumers were urged to ‘ switch off at the peak ’ and in periods of severe difficulties moral suasion was backed up by statutory controls , though for small consumers these were practically impossible to enforce , so that voluntary restriction remained the more important . |
| 8 | Please do n't switch off at the mention of maths , if you can use a calculator , you an do this . |
| 9 | Teachers often report that they completely switch off at the beginning of the holidays , or sleep for abnormally long periods of time for several days . |
| 10 | This will be set to illuminate the tank during the early part of the day , and switch off in the evening when I want to see the fish . |
| 11 | They can be so noisy that they are often switched off during an autopsy , increasing the level of air pollution and the risk of acquisition of air-borne infections . |
| 12 | But if we create a psychology in this country where to the men and women who earn the crust upon which we depend , our business community , are switched off to the significance of Europe , there 's only one people who 'll suffer and it is us . |
| 13 | Similarly the " stopping rate " is the maximum stepping rate which can be suddenly switched off without the motor overshooting the target position . |
| 14 | Predators that never scavenge and always insist on eating freshly-killed prey will have their appetite switched off by a limp , static object . |
| 15 | If the alarm gets no response , the timer goes ahead and switches off in the interest of safety and economy . |