Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] off for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vast areas of Rum have been fenced off for century-long experiment to re-create the natural woodland environment . |
| 2 | Should a main branch be broken off for some reason ( by vineyard machinery , for example ) , it is permissible to bring out a shoot half-way along the next branch to fill the gap . |
| 3 | The company said last week that 3,300 production workers at its Ryton plant , at Coventry , would be laid off for four days from today because of a drop in demand from continental Europe . |
| 4 | The company has an agreement with its work force that when work is short employees will be laid off for two weeks on full pay [ and ] after that they will have to apply for unemployment benefit … . |
| 5 | Manager Graham Taylor was expecting Shearer to be laid off for some while , but the extent of the injury will be worrying for all concerned . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ It will be useless to observe to the Society that it is of the greatest importance to procure a place as soon as possible , if the Professor is not enabled to begin his Lectures by Christmas ( 1791 ) the establishment will be put off for one year — the Zootomy being strictly the first part he is to begin to teach to the pupils , which everyone knows could not be attempted in the Summer — and it would be feared too long a delay might hurt the success of the establishment . ’ |
| 8 | In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air . |
| 9 | I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity . |
| 10 | Mr O'Malley said a decision had been put off for 48 hours to permit a special investigation of Mr Reynolds ' allegation by Irish High Court president Mr Justice Liam Hamilton . |
| 11 | Mining and the condition of miners has been a running sore in Bolivia since the colonial period when Indians were herded off for certain death in the silver mines of Potosí , at that time the wealthiest city in South America . |
| 12 | Occasionally they were cut off for other reasons . |
| 13 | Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth , which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday . |
| 14 | The match turned ugly in the dying minutes when two-goal Tosh of Arbroath and Fife goalkeeper Charles were sent off for violent conduct . |
| 15 | A lot of people fear that if the Doctor is taken off for 18 months , he may never return . ’ |
| 16 | In the few authorities where waste goes to modern landfills and methane is piped off for positive use , there is some energy payback , but there must be more incentive to separate the 40 per cent of the domestic waste that is vegetable-derived , and recycle it as compost . |
| 17 | In each building , one end was partitioned off for single girls , the other end for single men , and the middle section was for families . |
| 18 | I liked to find my own stories — and I was just beginning to place the best of them in national papers when I was whisked off for two years ' National Service . |
| 19 | He thought these were helpful plans — something positive to get to grips with the habit and see an end to cash shortages in the housekeeping as money was siphoned off for another packet ; no more sandpaper taste in the mouth ; no clothes reeking of stale tobacco and an end to the shakes . |
| 20 | The centre of Milton Keynes was sealed off for several hours after a coded telephone message warned of a bomb in the town 's main shopping centre . |
| 21 | The kick-off was put off for 15 minutes because there were long queues outside . |
| 22 | THE FA have suspended Middlesbrough full back Jimmy Phillips for three matches after he was sent off for violent conduct in an off-the-ball incident against Southend last Saturday . |
| 23 | Midfielder Willie Falconer is lined up to deputise for Phillips , who was sent off for violent conduct against Southend United . |
| 24 | Rovers Defender , Dave Higgins punched the ball out ; he was sent off for deliberate hand ball as Jim Magilton slammed home United 's second . |