Example sentences of "restore [pers pn] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Such rituals and procedures are designed to restore them to their proper place within the people of God and within the inner circle of his blessing .
2 Including part-time workers , the LPU said almost 10million people were low paid and pay rises of 25.8 per cent would be needed to restore them to their relative position in 1979 .
3 The BACKUP and RESTORE programs are opposite to each other , one will backup your programs to floppy disks and the other allows you to restore them to your hard drive .
4 Daily visits to East Oxford soon restored it to its former glory .
5 She left it there for a few seconds , then restored it to its previous position .
6 However , when a one-time tenant called to say his possessions had been seized to pay his debts , Sheridan gave him the £300 which the man said would restore him to his former state .
7 She will not hear of it and tells him the summer will restore her to her full strength , a story you have heard before and will not believe any more than I do .
8 Use pliers or a small spanner to turn the spindle to full on , noting how many turns this took so you can then restore it to its original position later .
9 This should be laid to the side intact so that you can restore it to its original place when the hole is refilled once the digging is completed .
10 Barr has claimed that ‘ today 's grant would have to be increased by 12 per cent to restore its purchasing power to its level in 1978/79 , and by nearly 25 per cent to restore it to its 1962/63 peak ’ .
11 They spent an additional £45,000 on renovating it — although the beacon needs more work to restore it to its former glory .
12 Now it 's hoped to restore it to its unfinished state and open a unique college for stonemasons .
13 The main point I want to make is that the only justification for treating the sick and injured wild animal is to be able eventually to restore it to its wild existence .
14 One coach only needs a small amount of work to restore it to its original condition , but the other requires extensive work .
15 I 'm sure it 's previously been reported stolen , so we 'll try to restore it to its rightful owner .
16 His second major act was to clear the Papal State of imperial troops and to restore it to its old frontiers .
17 However the plans have been branded ‘ ludicrous ’ by Southport 2000 , a group set up to help preserve the town 's heritage and restore it to its Victorian splendour .
18 The reflection implied that this tract of wild land might have come from my own time , the epicentre of the disturbance , and so might be instrumental in restoring me to my own day !
19 With more recent gardens , there are exciting possibilities of restoring them to their original appearance .
20 He was very interested in restoring them to their proper significance .
21 He devoted much effort over many years to restoring him to his rightful place in the chemical hierarchy .
22 Fairfax was looking forward to restoring it to its pristine splendour and stuffing it to the roof with Caroline antiques .
23 They were busy restoring it to its past glory .
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