Sentence examples for off the portions from inspiring English sources

Nests are built in occupied nests of Nasutitermes termites, which wall off the portions of the termitarium excavated by trogons (see Reproduction).

But WorldCom bondholders, representing a more conservative group of investors, remained nervous about the company's ability to pay off the portions of the company's $30 billion in debt that come due in the next few years.

Although he filed a statement in November saying he had sold off the portions of his vast stock portfolio that he was required to sell, Ross later disclosed that he overlooked his shares in several companies, including Greenbrier, that had issued stock for his work as a director.

Federal authorities have closed off the portions of the 600,000-acre Gold Butte andarend aroundinging up what they call "trespass cattle," many of which belong to Bundy.

It could be used to pay off the portion of the national debt run up during the Reagan Administration.

The managers' repair plan involves cutting off the portion of each nozzle that has the cracks, inserting a length of replacement pipe and welding it to the outside of the vessel.

Each tester, according to protocol, took the fries one by one, dipped them into the cup — all the way, right to the bottom — bit off the portion covered in ketchup, and then contemplated the evidence of their senses.

Unlike General Motors, which earlier this year paid off the portion of its loans that remained on its balance sheet as debt, Chrysler is not in a hurry to repay the government.

They reworked the protein's genetic code, chopping off the portion that carries out the biochemical signaling.

But they altered the DNA for making the guide proteins, clipping off the portion that wedges into the cell membrane.

In 2000 American Century offered to shave five basis points off the portion of the fund exceeding $20 billion.