1 Congress is currently considering whether to auction off the frequencies and using the proceeds to reduce the federal deficit.

2 He's decided to auction off his possessions on Ebay.

3 The poor woman had to auction off all her jewelry.

4 They are going to auction off a collection of paintings at the end of the month.

5 Now Mr Kim seems to be preparing to auction off Yongbyon for a third time: to Barack Obama's incoming administration in America.

6 Mr Obama wants to auction off, rather than give away , permits to emit carbon dioxide.

7 It only took him one hour to auction off all the articles.

8 In October, AIG outlined plans to auction off about two - thirds of the company.

9 He's decided to auction off more than just his possessions on Ebay. He wants to sell his old life.

10 Clark decided to auction off pizza.com after noticing that the domain name "vodka.com" was sold for an incredible $3 million in January of this year.

11 So they agreed to auction off it's a little bit different than a it's a little different from an ordinary monetary policy.

12 The real purpose of the tax code is to supply tax breaks for politicians to auction off to campaign contributors.

13 All that happens is that politicians get more money to spend and a chance to auction off a new set of tax breaks to interest groups.

14 I got the chance to paint a bowl, which they're going to auction off for charity here at the tournament.

15 When I told him that the Brooklyn Museum was planning to auction off so many ornaments through Blum, Karp was astonished. "If they're deaccessioning to sell, that's very discomfiting, " he exclaimed.

16 I hold up a $20 bill and say: I am going to auction off this $20 bill. Please note that this is a real $20 bill and a real auction.

17 Wrangling votes for the "cap and trade" legislation in the House, Obama backed off a campaign promise to auction off all "allowances" — permits to release a set amount of greenhouse gases.