Example sentences of "back on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chrysler has already suspended production at one of its main assembly plants and cut back on managerial staff . |
| 2 | Each is tempted to act as a free rider : if other countries cut back on atmospheric pollution , everyone will enjoy the benefit . |
| 3 | And for the disabled , for a short while , you 're back on equal terms with life . |
| 4 | Because of difficulties involved in cutting back on current expenditure plans , capital projects have been sacrificed in a bid to fulfil this objective . |
| 5 | We felt it right to accept the inevitable costs at this stage in the economic cycle and not to cut back on long-term plans that will strengthen the economy . |
| 6 | The open-ended commitment to a vastly expensive discretionary scheme for criminal injuries compensation , sanctioned by statute in 1988 but not yet brought into force at the time of writing , was a particular Treasury bête noire , leading to pressure to cut back on other things if Ministers maintained that it was politically unacceptable to curtail the cost . |
| 7 | apart from the current guys , we can look back on other great Leeds teams : |
| 8 | If you 're planning the holiday of a lifetime or aiming to spend fortunes on a new hobby or faddish craze you 'll have to cut back on other expenses Saturday . |
| 9 | In 1990 there was a breakthrough in public consciousness when entire libraries were being closed in the Midlands and other parts of Britain , and other libraries were cutting back on new books , or freezing purchase grants . |
| 10 | While the preparatory drafts , drawn up in Rome before the Council opened and very largely rejected by the fathers , had made heavy use of scholastic terminology and not much of Scripture — as was generally characteristic of pre-conciliar theology — the Council almost systematically reversed this , eliminating scholastic terms again and again and falling back on biblical ones . |
| 11 | American publishers are noticeably cutting back on expensive art books with numerous colour illustrations . |
| 12 | To cut back on financial support for sporting events ? |
| 13 | The readiest means of making money was to fall back on private tutoring . |
| 14 | However , cutting back on personal items does not always produce the necessary economies . |
| 15 | Back on blue number eight six seven . |
| 16 | Mr Colin Walker , a senior manager at Autotype International , said he would be reporting back on possible business links after the summer visit . |
| 17 | At the Port Lilla was placed back on narrow gauge track for the journey up to the Quarry . |
| 18 | A very fair admission , McLeish thought admiringly , and made his standard speech about the need , if he might , to come back on various points as they occurred to him . |
| 19 | The necessity to provide enough material to fill 20 or so pages of Tinsley 's Magazine each month exerted its own pressure , forcing him to fall back on recent autobiographical and architectural experiences , but appropriately when the novel appeared in book-form in May 1873 to favourable reviews it was the first to bear his name on the title-page . |
| 20 | You can always fall back on good old rice and tea if the aesthetic qualities of the food are not enough to overcome your apprehension . |
| 21 | Once her feet were back on firm ground she said she had thoroughly enjoyed the trip , which took her over Romsey town centre , the Broadlands Estate and her own home in North Baddesley . |
| 22 | safely back on ordinary fare . |
| 23 | Meantime , Clinton is obliged to release to the states billions in Medicare funds which the last regime held back on technical grounds . |
| 24 | He sat down on the rug in front of the Anywhithers and leaned back on straight arms , gazing up at the sky . |
| 25 | Back on dry land now for the rest of the weeks sporting highlights . |
| 26 | Those who took part in the last Challenge are now trying to adjust to life , and jobs , back on dry land . |
| 27 | Back on dry land , the rushes are dried out before they 're used in the workshop near Wantage . |
| 28 | The world number two saw a splash after topping his drive on La Moraleja 's 414-yard fifth hole , but the ball had only skimmed the surface and finished back on dry land . |
| 29 | Is n't it just possible that students are missing out by being held back on full-time courses for so long ? |
| 30 | There will also be a 25pc discount on repair and contract work and 20pc cash back on flood-damaged white goods . |