Example sentences of "[vb -s] be taken off the " in BNC.

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1 Jonathan Aitken has been taken off the back benches and made minister of state for defence , in the hope that he can continue to rally the Euro-sceptics as he did over Maastricht .
2 To comply with the IEE Wiring Regulations , an immersion heater must have its own electric circuit run from a spare fuseway at the consumer unit , though there are many houses where the supply for the immersion heater has been taken off the upstairs ring circuit .
3 £100,000 worth of equipment has been taken off the site .
4 It seems strange that you can defend your wicket with your bat , pads and any part of your body except your hand , if it has been taken off the bat .
5 Victim ‘ improves ’ : Doctors treating Michael Gibson , 20 , who was attacked in Darlington at the weekend have said his condition is improving and he has been taken off the critical list at Middlesbrough General Hospital .
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