Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] off to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guarded by mandroids , the servators are sent off to the spaceport to deliver a container to each ship . |
| 2 | I remind the Minister that , when the National Bus Company subsidiaries were sold off to the private sector , the first thing that the private company did in many instances was to get rid of the management because of its dissatisfaction with it . |
| 3 | Advance corporation tax not recoverable against the mainstream corporation tax liability for the current or previous years is written off to the profit and loss account unless its future recovery can be foreseen . |
| 4 | Despite this , many pet cats are carried off to the vet by exasperated owners for this type of ‘ convenience surgery ’ . |
| 5 | When the news hit the factory floor , young girls were sent off to the stores with requisitions to get a good look at the loincloth apprentice . |
| 6 | One minute the firm was having a few financial problems and hoping for some helpful investment advice , the next their premises were sold off to a factory development corporation , their directors sacked , the workforce were redundant . |
| 7 | Most of the RCM internees were packed off to the Isle of Man , a late addition to the list of camps drawn up by the War Office in 1939 . |
| 8 | Mrs Archer told her that apart from three vacant rooms ‘ for the tourism ’ , all the others were let off to the council , who put homeless people into them . |
| 9 | Responsibility for various specific public services is hived off to a range of special agencies , though in each case ultimate responsibility for policy lies with one of the central departments . |
| 10 | All expenditure on research and development including the cost of patents and trade marks is written off to the profit and loss account in the year in which it is incurred . |