Example sentences of "be [verb] off in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The canal is lined by a membrane resembling the tunica arachnoidea , and is situated above the fissure of the medulla , being separated by a medullary layer : it is most easily distinguished where the large nerves are given off in the bend of the neck and sacrum , imperceptibly terminating in the cauda equina . |
| 2 | A decade ago its dowdy department stores had more or less been written off in the frantic race to carve up the high street . |
| 3 | It had been paced off in the sand as he announced the dimensions to the architect . |
| 4 | Seven meetings have been called off in the last two days , including all three of yesterday 's cards plus three scheduled for today at Carlisle , Taunton and Warwick . |
| 5 | For instance , millions have been laid off in the construction industry . |
| 6 | But pilgrimage too is seasonal and not to be marked off too strictly from tourism any more nowadays than it could have been marked off in the great centuries of the sacred trek to Compostela . |
| 7 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 8 | The generation of surplus ACT has a detrimental effect on the company 's reported earnings , since it must usually be written off in the accounts . |
| 9 | The recognition that children can not simply be written off in the rationality stakes and can not therefore be denied autonomy on this account has led some writers to conclude that they can not , therefore , be denied it on any account . |
| 10 | The expenditure concerned therefore will be written off in the year in which it is incurred . |
| 11 | Here the desires of the vendor and Newco may converge because the problem for Newco in acquiring goodwill is that it will reduce Newco 's distributable profits as it must be written off in the profit and loss account , unless it can be written off against the share premium account . |
| 12 | A ruling yesterday by the Accounting Standards Board means any premium or discount when a company repurchases its own debt must be be written off in the same year it is incurred . |
| 13 | They would be going off in the boat together because that is what they always did in the mornings , to return in half an hour . |
| 14 | Obviously this would only be of benefit if there were capital gains against which the loss can be set off in the current or future years . |
| 15 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 16 | And then you 'll be finished off in the sculleries . |
| 17 | Using this , make a box 375mm square and 375mm high , with a lid that can be taken off in the spring so that the box can be cleaned . |
| 18 | The mare will look after the foal until he 's at least five weeks old and then he 'll be weaned off in the natural way . |
| 19 | Ferguson became the first player to be sent off in the six-year reign of Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh . |
| 20 | Since p1 and qi have already been paired off in the appropriate manner ( i.e. they are equal ! ) we find that unc is not a nasty integer after all . |
| 21 | Could I also ask a question which you might be completely clear on , but I 'm not , when we do back checks on files and make sure they are all up to date and so on , we come across maybe a research approval which has n't been signed off in the right places , how far back in time do we need to get that signed off . |
| 22 | She could not believe her eyes when she saw the Tillers being marched off in the crocodile line to the English Girls ' Club after rehearsals . |
| 23 | Then , to mark the end of the service , three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse . |
| 24 | It was the perfect response from Mike Walker 's side after Saturday 's 3-0 defeat at Wimbledon which once again saw the East Anglians being written off in the title stakes . |
| 25 | The cars were written off in the accident , but both drivers amazingly walked away with just minor cuts and bruises . |
| 26 | Total restructuring costs of about $2.4 BILLION were written off in the fourth quarter of 1989 . |
| 27 | Mr Salmon told me that he 'd heard the best barrows were being sold off in the Old Kent Road , on account of the fact that so many young lads were heeding Kitchener 's cry and joining up to fight for King and country . |
| 28 | As between the two heavyweights , Reed and Pearson , Reed has been added to at the start of the period ( financed from the sale of Pearson shares ) ; the additional Reed shares were sold off in the autumn of 1991 , thereby realising a tidy profit for the Portfolio . |
| 29 | Fireworks were going off in the city , in advance of Halloween . |
| 30 | At this point the stunt that was being pulled off in the music found its visual equivalent rising to meet it . |