Sentence examples for off this mission from inspiring English sources

Can we really hand off this mission?

The end of this mission sets off a scramble aboard the space station to prepare for the next shuttle visit, with three spacewalks planned by the three-member station crew so that the orbiting outpost would be ready for a new laboratory module, known as Columbus, that will be brought up by the Atlantis on a mission that may begin as early as Dec. 6.

The shutterbugs in Rochester just might pull off this impossible mission.

Some of them include counter-terrorism (exchanging information and intelligence); counter-piracy (Russian ships have been alongside U.S., EU, NATO and other allies on this mission off East Africa for years); Afghanistan (where it is in both of our interests to resolve the insurgency and reduce the flow of opium out of the country); and possibly strategic arms limitations.

At mid-morning, he called off the mission.

The UN has put off the mission, but is still pressing.Its impatience is understandable.

When Himmler decided not to attend, Mr. von Kluge called off the mission.

(The Clinton administration called off the mission in Somalia the following day).

But rather than call off the mission, he decided to wait for reinforcements, and proceed toward Leesburg for further reconnaissance — a decision supported by Stone.

One problem is solved, but another soon arises when Brody threatens to call off the mission unless he's allowed to visit his daughter immediately.

Critics have recently written this mission statement off as a mere marketing gimmick, hyperbole masking insecurity a big enough joke to warrant its own television series on HBO.