Sentence examples for it put off from inspiring English sources

And Kate Atkinson's Life After Life (Doubleday) – though it put off some readers with its endlessly regenerating heroine and Hitler cameo – swept me away with its profound and beautifully written exploration of fate, family, endurance and a changing England.

Taiwanese firm Acer said it put off plans to launch its own RT devices because of the competition it would face from the Surface product line.

And the story of how Holland abandoned its departure tax because of the way it put off passengers cannot go unchallenged; the Netherlands is a small, compact country with other airports a short drive away in Germany and Belgium.

And it put off a planned flotation of its financial arm.General Electric's shares fell as investors fretted over similarities between the complex accounting employed by the world's biggest company and that used by Tyco and Enron.

PARIS — The much-delayed Airbus A400M military transporter made its inaugural test flight on Friday, as the seven governments backing it put off committing additional money to the 20 billion euro ($29.24 billion) project for at least another month.

Israel cited that diversion as one reason it put off the threat of attack.

It puts off the families," he said.

The kit itself may not be expensive, but it puts off many potential participants.

Whether or not it puts off investors, I don't know.

On the plus side it puts off widespread heavy snow too.

"It hasn't put me off because I'm stubborn, but it could put off others.