Sentence examples for off the passage from inspiring English sources

No one is sure when shadows were first used to mark off the passage of time.

For the mayor, who argued strenuously and repeatedly in public to head off the passage of the bills, the votes offered a stark reminder of his diminished ability to influence city politics in the waning months of his administration.

A white board blocked off the passage that led to the short corridor where the bins jammed with Santa letters usually resided.

One category of mutations produces a protein that is able to insert itself into the membrane of the cell but contains a "rusty gate" that closes off the passage of chloride.

If you're sick, you'll probably get better (this is why so many quack cold remedies "work" – they take your mind off the passage of time while you wait for regression to the mean to assert itself).

Investigating why people might collect such stuff, Nicholson covers Marx, Freud, Kinsey and the requisite French thinkers; he considers the way collecting staves off the passage of time, allows one to merge one's erotic and aesthetic interests — or to use one as a cover for the other.

Instead of pointing them, say, in the direction of the wealthy Arab states and closing off the passages to Europe, they seem to be encouraging an immigration policy with a friendly, "lounge-like" reception in Greece.

Many had grey or white hair, a reminder of the passage off time and their long wait for what they hope may finally deliver justice.

Small aftershocks occur with a greater frequency than large ones; however, aftershock frequency falls off with the passage of time.

Further, all of the big banks are considering all manner of fees, including debit card fees, to offset a number of revenue sources cut off by the passage of the Credit CARD Act, the Dodd-Frank Act and other consumer protection legislation.

You could comply with the court-ordered carbon-pollution standard for existing power plants as a follow-on to your proposed carbon-pollution limit for new power plants and maybe cap it off with the passage of a carbon tax or maybe even a cap-and-trade program.