Example sentences of "'s [noun] [to-vb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate over 1990 funding for the NEA , and Jesse Helms 's attempts to cut off federal funding for art that he and the fundamentalist lobby find obscene , continues . |
| 2 | Mr Kipling to Bisto group RHM was also weaker , down 4p at 258p , following Hanson 's decision to back off . |
| 3 | That view was strengthened by the Government 's decision to back off from Thursday 's confrontation with its own rebels out of fear of another defeat . |
| 4 | Connahs Quay were angry over Halkyn 's decision to call off their match at Pant Newydd an hour before the scheduled start . |
| 5 | BZW 's decision to break off talks came after a top-level meeting between executives at the investment bank and Morgan yesterday . |
| 6 | Cambridge 's inability to shake off Oxford , who poignantly named their boat the John Hebbes after one of their oarsmen who died recently , by the end of the Surrey bend was the crucial factor . |
| 7 | However , attempts to push through a programme for the privatization of the banking sector in January foundered on legal difficulties , while on Feb. 19 police in Karachi clashed with union activists protesting against the government 's plans to sell off state-owned industries . |
| 8 | LABOUR 'S transport spokesman John Prescott could step in over British Rail 's plans to sell off a Darlington sports ground . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Francois Boutin 's bid to pull off a clean sweep of the French Classics rests with Accommodating in the French Oaks at Chantilly on Sunday . |
| 10 | It was thought in mediaeval times to have magic associations and was hung over doors on Midsummer 's Eve to ward off evil spirits . |
| 11 | The British Medical Association last night backed Mrs Bottomley 's move to put off making final decisions until more information is available . |
| 12 | The Times Diary suggested recently that parent company W H Smith 's reluctance to write off shopfitting costs estimated at £500,000 might have had a bearing on the newfound amity between the companies . |
| 13 | Most classical choreographers still use this device when working with nineteenth-century ballet music , which was often written to order by a composer understanding the choreographer 's desire to show off a dancer . |
| 14 | The figures in Appendix I confirm the influence of people 's desire to pay off quickly . |
| 15 | The difference was exacerbated by Parliament 's refusal to pay off the army 's arrears of pay . |
| 16 | No need to panic , but it 's worth checking there 's going to be enough in your insurance company 's kitty to pay off your home-loan when the time comes . |
| 17 | While she understood Margrida 's wish to show off the little boy , visiting her friend would mean extending the deception in which she and Vitor were involved . |
| 18 | Lady Bertram , on the other hand , feels that she has a fortunate marriage due to this reason of her beauty and also considers it is every woman 's obligation to show off her looks . |
| 19 | A FURIOUS row has erupted over a Muslim leader 's call to lop off thieves ' hands . |
| 20 | If upheld , the preliminary decision by the US Patent and Trademark Office could hurt the company 's ability to fend off imitators of its widely used computer software . |
| 21 | And the tally of crown successes over its opponents far outnumbers its few failures ; Douglases , Crichtons , Livingstones , Erskines , Gordons , Hamiltons and many other members of aristocratic families who lost out to the crown over a huge range of disputes , from the heights of violent conflict to the crown 's ability to beat off rival claimants to lands , would have been astonished by the belief of later historians that they were more powerful than the monarchy . |
| 22 | In October 1973 , the NIRC fined the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers £100,000 for contempt of court when they refused to obey the court 's order to call off a strike . |
| 23 | At the beginning of February A C Canoe Products and Palm got together at Ace 's factory to show off their products to dealers and to reveal the secrets of rotational moulding to those not already in the know … |
| 24 | She had gone to the cloakroom at the back of the building to put on her white coat and he had gone to the box in Chief Inspector Martin 's office to switch off the system which protected the inner doors of the main Laboratory rooms . |