How many students will be put off doing engineering in that time?

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But she said she would not be put off doing her job.

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Could that be an excuse to put off doing something?

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Since offsetting is done on a voluntary basis, unlike the mandatory carbon-trading systems that have been imposed on some industries in some countries, such doubts may put people off doing it altogether.

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Soon after, on New Year's Eve, President Barack Obama signed into law sanctions against any entity which dealt with the Central Bank of Iran, a measure which put off many financial institutions from doing business with Iran under the fear of being locked out of the US market.

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In particular, why do so many smart professional women put off until tomorrow what they would benefit from doing today?

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Take your eyes off what he's saying and doing, and put them on the people.

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Doing so inevitably changes taste or texture and that would put off regular buyers.

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"Our hope is that rather than put the labels on, these companies will get off their duffs and do what all their competitors are doing and just get the lead out, " said Jim Wheaton, president of the Environmental Law Foundation, a California-based environmental group.

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