Example sentences of "be [verb] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But without that pride the Spaniard would not be Spanish , as Harvey writes : ‘ It is profoundly to be hoped that he will never allow these sharp angles to be smoothed off by the modern cult of ‘ all things to all men' ’ , and a false catholicity of taste which is no taste at all . |
| 2 | The tail , when bitten , may then be broken off at a weak spot near the base , where there is a slight constriction . |
| 3 | On and off street parking is available within easy walking distance of the museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance |
| 4 | Ample free parking is available adjacent to the Museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance |
| 5 | On and off street parking is available within easy walking distance of the museum and coach parties can be dropped off at the main entrance . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , all good things come to an end and , as expected sooner or later , our ramp would be sucked off to the great skatepark graveyard in the sky to join Chester , Warrington , Preston , Rhyl , etc. … everything this part of the country ever gets . |
| 7 | Containers and freight , craned down on to the raft from the deck of the LSL , would be lifted off by the giant Fiat Allis fork-lift trucks . |
| 8 | Therefore , under SSAP 24 the shortfall of £30m would be written off over the average remaining service life of the employees in the scheme . |
| 9 | Thus , ( 43 ) has the same ambiguity as ( 39 ) between predicate qualifier , giving the " cosmetic " version , and this new pattern of interpretation , which must correspond to the " unacquainted " meaning , and the distinction between the two senses of sentences like ( 39 ) should not be written off as a mere matter of " nuances of meaning " , but instead shows one sequence of surface syntax answering to two different intensional patterns . |
| 10 | ‘ Nothing that ca n't be written off as a momentary aberration between a man and a woman . |
| 11 | Where there does exist a genuine public expression of concern about the way the police operate this can not just be dismissed as a matter of misunderstanding or be written off as the foolish ramblings of that police ‘ folk devil ’ the ‘ loony left ’ , who would dismantle the system for their own political ends . |
| 12 | Being treed by the great wonder-rabbi Shmuel ben Issachar might be written off as an occupational hazard ; being trapped — on an assignment officially aborted-by an undead amateur is unforgivable . |
| 13 | But in that case the very idea of the postman 's work occurring in isolation is incoherent since , as a matter of logic , it can not be separated off from a whole range of activities beyond itself . |
| 14 | A FURIOUS housewife took three workmen hostage after being told her heating must be turned off until the New Year . |
| 15 | Hundreds of workers marched on Westminster earlier this year , fearing that come privatisation , the millions in the BR pension fund would be creamed off by the new rail franchise companies . |
| 16 | Its 80-kilometre , elliptical layout is designed to carry water for six million Londoners to strategically placed pump shafts , from which it can be drawn off into the local network . |
| 17 | … while Men 's Heads are busied with the arts of money-jobbing between the Exchange and the Exchequer , they will be drawn off from the solid arts of honourable traffic ; which alone can prove nationally and permanently lucrative . |
| 18 | In such situations , the most vital point is to resist any kind of planning application for development that will fragment the grounds — for example , permission to build houses in a walled garden which can ( and will ) be sold off as a separate development . |
| 19 | Conceivably , the shipping company could be sold off as a going concern that might bring it up to about 1Op in the Pound . " |
| 20 | The possibility that parts of the business could be sold off as a going concern should not be overlooked . |
| 21 | The remaining 51 per cent of Qantas will be sold off in a public share float some time next year . |
| 22 | This lengthy and expensive process is particularly unsuitable when the trustee suspects the assets may be sold off by the bankrupt or grabbed by local creditors . |
| 23 | And the self same people who shake their heads and utter these remarks are the ones who will be heading off to the Med or Florida on their holidays next year , doubtless piloted there by someone up front who began his or her career on a little grass strip flying those little aeroplanes that look so flimsy . |
| 24 | Tom Berenger 's ‘ Sgt Barnes ’ symbolised the brutalising effects of the war , but in this sequence Stone 's script was honest enough to show how unintended atrocity may be sparked off by an accidental chain of events . |
| 25 | ‘ She ca n't be going off to a big party before the Championship . |
| 26 | Also on the competition front one lucky reader will be flying off to the sunny Bahamas for her honeymoon — so hurry up and enter , it might just be you ! |
| 27 | Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ? |
| 28 | You know you know erm a young man I mean it was er er reasonable was n't it for a a single man to be laid off before a married man with family family responsibilities . |
| 29 | This may have to be sawn off with a junior hacksaw if it has rusted in place |
| 30 | Obviously this would only be of benefit if there were capital gains against which the loss can be set off in the current or future years . |