Example sentences of "has [adv] been [vb pp] off " in BNC.
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1 | As a result , half of the Saimaa Canal , which links the Gulf of Finland with Lake Saimaa ( Finland 's largest lake system ) , fell into Soviet hands and has since been cut off to yachts wishing to enter from the Baltic Sea . |
2 | The hunt has since been called off . |
3 | The tap has not been turned off . |
4 | the premium or discount paid on acquisition insofar as it has not been written off . |
5 | The curtilage of a building will include the ground that is used for the comfortable enjoyment of that building even though it has not been marked off or enclosed in any way ( Sinclair-Lockhart 's Trustees v Central Land Board ( 1950 ) 1 P & CR 195 ) . |
6 | Although an official response has already been sent off , Newsline readers may wish to pen their own reply and let us see if they can be as imaginative as the original writer . |
7 | In Britain , one has already been struck off and three others are facing disciplinary hearings for improper sexual conduct with patients , the British Psychological Society disclosed at its annual conference in Scarborough yesterday . |
8 | He is not affected merely by being told that it was previously on hire purchase which has now been paid off . ’ |
9 | That 's right it 's been smothered under a kind of blanket , and that blanket has now been taken off . |
10 | The prospect of a restart has now been put off to the end of the year . |
11 | Despite the advent of widespread home computer technology , a certain old pastime has n't been killed off . |
12 | It 's about the only thing that has n't been sold off to the Japanese — yet . ’ |
13 | Could I also ask a question which you might be completely clear on , but I 'm not , when we do back checks on files and make sure they are all up to date and so on , we come across maybe a research approval which has n't been signed off in the right places , how far back in time do we need to get that signed off . |
14 | While one can sympathise with a player whose season has virtually been written off , his decision to take legal action over what is surely an occupational hazard opens the door for other players to consider following suit . |
15 | ‘ Hodge has never been sent off in his career . |