Example sentences of "back in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Troopers of the rearguard were already falling back in reasonable order . |
| 2 | Of all these expanding emotions , the one which we call compassion , may have been the first to emerge and could be the one of greatest importance , but the origins of all of them could almost certainly be found far back in evolutionary time . |
| 3 | This , diverted , now turned into a recital about every distant relative Neil Cochrane possessed , all of whom , apparently , had only one wish — to see him back in polite society again . |
| 4 | Jimmy Cook was also back in familiar territory , quietly amiable as ever , pulling on the moustache and whispering that he would n't mind another year or two with Somerset after all . |
| 5 | What must be noted here is that much of the strength of the political ethos propagated in prewar years rested on its incorporation and distortion of concepts and assumptions whose origins were far back in Japanese history , and which were broadly unquestioned by the majority of the population ; and that it was firmly integrated with the social system and standard code of morality and behaviour . |
| 6 | Namawar and had been sent to hell-fire , came back in loud and strong . |
| 7 | The system also ‘ stores ’ details of the last 5,000 lightning strikes , and this data can be played back in accelerated fashion , enabling pilots to track the movement of thunderstorms . |
| 8 | Tom used to go white and silent at first , and then end up shouting back in sheer self-defence . ’ |
| 9 | A BBC spokesman confirmed her departure , but the way may be left clear for Mrs Hewitt to return to Walford and put a spring back in henpecked Arthur 's step . |
| 10 | Yvonne Bell 's charge hit trouble when finishing second in his heat , but was back in sparkling form charging through on the last bend to win the track final by 2 9 lengths at generous odds of 6–4 . |
| 11 | Four hamstring operations and two bouts of knee surgery later , Ian Snodin is back and back in central midfield . |
| 12 | Since its first reported large-scale synthesis back in early 1990 , larger ‘ buckyballs ’ , as the ; y have been inelegantly christened , keep cropping up . |
| 13 | Since I started to work on this chapter somewhere back in early 1989 a lot has happened . |
| 14 | The computer unit that is being closed had sales of just $169m last year , down from about $1,200m at its peak , shortly before Prime completed a hostile takeover of the original Computervision company back in early 1988 . |
| 15 | MALCOLM ALLISON was back in managerial business last night when Dennis Rofe quit struggling Bristol Rovers after a row over the man brought in to guide him through troubled waters . |
| 16 | And when we laughed at this they started back in absurd confusion . |
| 17 | ‘ I narrated a series of school concerts at The Philharmonic and I 'm back in live theatre again . ’ |
| 18 | One person , on being informed that he has a life-threatening illness , will sit back in sad acceptance and wait for the end to come . |
| 19 | Back in prehistoric times , the river which we now call the Thames was created by rains falling on hilly ground on the western side of this country , and meandering lazily until it found its way into the sea on the eastern side of the continental peninsular which became an island by separating itself from the continent of Europe . |
| 20 | Daisy said , ‘ He told Sister he 'd like our Charlie to stay in the Hall to give him the chance to get his nerve back in easy stages . |
| 21 | What do you do — put your ideas to one side and spend the next few months feeling deflated ; or do you take out a Midland Personal Loan now and enjoy the benefits of your purchase , paying the money back in easy stages ? |
| 22 | In the good , old-fashioned days text was sent off to be typeset and came back in long strips called galleys . |
| 23 | So authentic has been the recreation of detail , that visitors , with only the smallest effort of imagination , can believe themselves back in Victorian London . |
| 24 | He had lost his watch back in Victorian London and so had no clear idea of time ; it may have taken minutes or hours to get back to the hole in time . |
| 25 | You can stand back in practical terms , too — suggesting a couple of hours ' break for people to clear their heads , or that you finish early in order for people to think over proposals and reconvene in the morning . |
| 26 | Then abruptly I am back in real time , bobbing up and down in the river , powerless against its current . |
| 27 | The point appeared to be taken on board by UK energy minister Tim Eggar who acknowledged that there were other areas competing for shares of hard-pressed oil company budgets as the world oil prices fell back in real terms to pre-1974 levels . |
| 28 | Guentchev is very much back in international reckoning after his goalscoring exploits in the FA Premier League with Ipswich Town . |
| 29 | Despite the foreign business carve-out , SFA brings back in certain rules relating to marketing and the related record-keeping requirements ( and , in effect , excludes them from the exemption ) if the firm carries on investment business with customers in the UK from a non-UK office . |
| 30 | Conifers other than yew usually resent harsh treatment , however , and are difficult to rejuvenate , Deciduous species are best pruned hard back in late winter , evergreens in late spring — cutting one side a year back to a foot within the intended final width to allow room for regrowth . |