Example sentences of "have [adv] written off " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion . |
| 2 | But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion . |
| 3 | Eric Hobsbawm has similarly written off its significance in explaining why Britain escaped revolution . |
| 4 | While the region has traditionally written off 5 per cent of rates or poll tax bad debts — this year it could be £15 million — the finance director , Tony Taylor , promised yesterday that the council would vigorously pursue non-payers for the rest of the cash . |
| 5 | Antonia has now written off Mellor as ‘ an impossible love ’ . |
| 6 | After sucessfully completing the exams , she suffered a wrist injury which has virtually written off 1989 , with her world ranking slipping to 298 . |
| 7 | Back at the castle , Oyston had already written off the £100,000 . |
| 8 | Silvio I had already written off , of course . |
| 9 | Next to a photograph of John were a few words of text which Chris had just written off the top of his head : |
| 10 | They had always written off their mother 's manoeuvres as tribal tactics devised to keep the two of them for her kind , with their father as some sort of lower ally in the endeavour , more deeply absorbed by his autonomy and his cigars than by the dynamics of living with his wife . |
| 11 | Many of those who have attended the Tories ' daily press conference have effectively written off their chances , at best predicting they will form the largest party in a hung parliament . |