Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] off [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | These can only be sold off at a loss . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In an open society , racism can not be turned off like a light . |
| 5 | The crisis had been brewing for so long , however , that the tsar could not be bought off with a decision on the Holy Places . |
| 6 | Lloyd George discovered in 1919 , as Law had done in 1914 , that a Unionist party that had given its total commitment to a cause would not be fobbed off with a compromise . |
| 7 | The balance on a client account may not be set off against a sum owed to LCH on any other kind of account . |
| 8 | With no airbrake the glider will float some distance even at low speed , and it must still be held off for a proper touchdown . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing that ca n't be written off as a momentary aberration between a man and a woman . |
| 10 | ‘ She ca n't be going off to a big party before the Championship . |
| 11 | He wo n't be put off with a surface answer , but he wants to know the far end of everything ’ |
| 12 | If you 're thinking about improving your lifestyle , do n't be put off by a well-meaning person who may try to get you to change your mind — especially on or around the 19th . |
| 13 | So do n't be put off by a sign that says no money refunded . |
| 14 | The tail , when bitten , may then be broken off at a weak spot near the base , where there is a slight constriction . |