Example sentences of "[verb] back to the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greg Grant looks back to the Victorian adventurers who conquered nature to put a communication girdle around the world . |
| 2 | At a time when plans for global communications seem to rest on the semantics of international standards , Greg Grant looks back to the Victorian adventurers who conquered nature to put a communication girdle around the world . |
| 3 | They were things that you took to enhance your experience and to make it more intense — to make your personal development became part of your life , It was a very high-minded approach and when one looks at what has happened to the drug scene today and one looks back to the prevailing attitudes at the time , one can see the absolute , total abhorrence among drug takers that I knew in those days of amphetamines , heroin , barbiturates , mandrax — all those things that had an adverse physical effect which were considered to by highly dangerous to one 's personal development and to one 's daily living . |
| 4 | Ranulf sprang up , pleased to abandon the fresh air of the country and head back to the seamy streets of London and the rounded pleasure-giving body of Mistress Semplar . |
| 5 | Erm , I 'm sorry to come back to the central overheads er again , but erm it , considering that the other income largely related to ninety one , I 'm a little unclear why the central costs went down , I ca n't believe there 's been any salary cuts at |
| 6 | But of course it is nice to come back to the same places over and over again , sort of er see friendly faces . |
| 7 | Looking back to the initial aims of the study as delineated by the deputy head , he envisaged both short-term and long-term aims . |
| 8 | From The Great Train Robbery ( 1903 ) onwards , the Western has been informed by a species of bitter nostalgia , looking back to the wild days of the West and questioning the value of the civilisation won by all that exciting gunplay . |
| 9 | Sounds came back to the watching eagles . |
| 10 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 11 | Beyond Roland are the earliest of the Malá Strana watermills , dating back to the Middle Ages . |
| 12 | They represented a common English custom dating back to the Middle Ages and were first mentioned in Stamford in 1486 . |
| 13 | The renovation of a harbourside shop in Church Street , Whitby have revealed that it is one of the oldest properties in the town , dating back to the Middle Ages . |
| 14 | If the dieter feels she needs extra guidance or added structure to meal planning , she can always refer back to the suggested meals for good nutrition that we gave at the end of Chapter 4 . |
| 15 | All fords of the Esk , including Kirkandrews , were guarded on the English side by Graham peel-towers ; and though these would not be strong enough to hold up three thousand from crossing for long they could send warning back to the English authorities if so inclined . |
| 16 | Welcome back to the Three Counties Show at Malvern , where the weather has been kind , and the crowds have been flocking in . |
| 17 | Welcome back to the three counties show ground . |
| 18 | Constance tiptoed back to the French windows . |
| 19 | were writing , however , there has emerged an argument that capital is actually increasingly finding itself drawn back to the European countries . |
| 20 | They have to reveal all , and if something goes wrong how are they to know that all that information will not be handed back to the secret police from whom they are trying to escape by seeking asylum ? |
| 21 | Hughes , aged29 , has a remarkable record going back to the first women 's World Championships in 1980 including a world gold in 1986 , world bronze in 1987 and two European titles . |
| 22 | Going back to the early thoughts of the RHA on the matter in the mid-1970s , it had been recognized that the reduction in the hospital populations meant that there would be competition for any savings between the hospitals themselves and district services . |
| 23 | Going , going back to the early days you mentioned that erm the dividend , the divi was quite important . |
| 24 | Going back to the six months one erm where you 've fifteen thousand |
| 25 | Apparently people are even going back to the fifties contraceptives ! |
| 26 | That is why the concept of the safety case — a case going back to the very essentials of design — is so important . |
| 27 | Going back to the old trams . |
| 28 | I understand that it is possible , even at this late stage , that the review itself could be overturned by the refusal of France to agree the new allocation of seats and we 've already had an exchange on that , Mr Deputy Speaker , which indicates that whatever we decide today might actually be overthrown and overturned completely by the inability of the French to ratify their part of the arrangement , er the minister referred to it as a massive inconvenience , I suggest that if we have to resort to going back to the old boundaries to fight these elections and indeed the problems that that will cause for the selection of candidates as well , that that will be one of the greatest understatements that even this house has heard . |
| 29 | … Trouble with going back to the old days , the [ agency ] was more or less a family concern . |
| 30 | But see we 're going back to the old seasons now . |