Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is whether ownership of the national track should be split off from the running of services , as recommended by Kenneth Irvine of the Adam Smith Institute . |
| 2 | Many of us believe that diplomatic relations with Iran should be broken off . |
| 3 | The instructions warn that if the stove burns with a high yellow flame it should be turned off at the fuel valve and allowed to cool . |
| 4 | Any surface oil not absorbed after 10–15 minutes should be blotted off with a tissue . |
| 5 | Costs which do not qualify as issue costs should be written off to the profit and loss account as incurred . |
| 6 | The third component should be written off against profit if it represents an overpayment or transferred to reserves if an underpayment . |
| 7 | The SORP requires that advances should be written off to the extent that it appears there is no realistic prospect of recovery . |
| 8 | This is why organisations like Oxfam argue that virtually all non-concessional debt should be written off by creditors , not just a smaller share of debt taken on before a certain date . |
| 9 | The room number should be ticked off on the arrivals and departures list and the guests ' names entered on the tabular ledger and their bills started . |
| 10 | 2 The Tenders list is held at reception and all tenders which arrive should be ticked off in pencil on the list at reception . |
| 11 | There 's nothing wrong with that ’ — STEVE TSHWETE ( ANC executive ) on suggestions that the New Zealand tour to South Africa should be called off owing to the Boipatong massacre . |
| 12 | ‘ The English press with us feel that the tour should be called off . |
| 13 | The Crown Prince , who had never favoured Falkenhayn 's plans , was adamant in his belief that the offensive should be called off ; Falkenhayn himself wavered — as well he might , for his reputation and professional future depended on success at Verdun . |
| 14 | Similarly the moral crusaders , newspaper proprietors and muck-raking journalists should be called off . |
| 15 | In the two-page letter to Mr Major , the DUP leader says the inter-governmental conference comes at a dangerous time and should be called off . |
| 16 | It was the day the Crown Prince , swayed by von Mudra , came to the irrevocable conclusion that ‘ Operation GERICHT ’ had failed , and should be called off altogether . |
| 17 | The cold water cistern provides a reserve of water in case the mains should be cut off for any reason , and because the system ( apart from the rising main ) operates at a lower pressure it is quieter . |
| 18 | Mr Annan 's idea is that these planners — civilians as well as military men — should not remain on their bottoms in New York but should be sent off to the field to implement the operations they planned . |
| 19 | Unused fireplaces should be blocked off , but the material used must have a number of good sized holes in it for ventilation . |
| 20 | New Zealands should be brushed off , hosed down and dried before you put them away for the summer . |
| 21 | Fig. 1 ( h ) As the pool fills , the stones should be eased off at intervals to allow the liner to fit snugly into the contours of the excavation . |
| 22 | The land we have to take from Russia , whether she is willing or not , must be large enough to allow us to resettle , in Bessarabia or northwest of there , all the Rumanians now living in Austria and Turkey ( minus Rumanian Jews , who together with those of Poland , Russia and Austria , should be packed off to Palestine , or better yet , to Madagascar ) … |
| 23 | The rape should be grazed off in September and October ( before the ground becomes too wet ) and then the crop rested until the spring . |
| 24 | Quite right to be sensitive about languages ( and yes maybe Mad Carew should be told off for saying ‘ manning the office ’ . ) |
| 25 | Nor does Pearce believe up-and-coming managers should be put off by the apparent decline in moral standards of business . |
| 26 | The Queen will consult senior ministers who are expected to recommend that the trip should be put off until the political and economic situation , turbulent since the collapse of communism , has settled down . |
| 27 | Only Ceauşescu came to the ‘ obvious ’ conclusion : the debt should not be rescheduled , it should be paid off as quickly as possible . |
| 28 | Two creditors , the consultant engineers on the project and the architects involved , have applied for a court order that the convent should be sold off to meet the debts . |
| 29 | Two creditors , the consultant engineers on the project and the architects involved , have applied for a court order that the convent should be sold off to meet the debts . |
| 30 | The line should be some 10 or 12 yards ( 9 or 10 metres ) long and it should be marked off from the collar in distances of 1 , 2 and 5 yards ( 0.9 , 1.8 and 4.5 metres ) . |