Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] back [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in fact what that means for me is that actually we 're all programmers — we always have been — but we have n't been used to explaining it in quite the way that computers need us to explain it , and of course that goes back to this question of understanding English that we were talking about last time . |
| 2 | The Penhill site may be the source of a story that goes back to Celtic mythology , " The Legend of the Giant of Penhill " . |
| 3 | They tell a story that reaches back to neolithic man some 5,000 years ago , to the Roman occupation , to the many religious and military influences and the continuing threat of invasion over the years . |
| 4 | There are a number of reasons for thinking that such information transmission may be easier to manage if it occurs within firms than if it is subject to market transactions , and this means that there is a case for thinking that R&D activities ( particularly the D ) may have to be part of a vertically related structure that extends back into important input markets , and forward into downstream consumer markets ( see Teece , 1986 , Geroski , 1992 , and Jorde and Teece , 1990 , who apply these arguments to the antitrust treatment of co-operative R&D ventures ) . |
| 5 | When it has stopped coming , he drops the body and goes back for another lamb and another , creeping down the earthen steps with his blood-stained knife and his feet and ankles splashed with red . |
| 6 | A few seconds later , all is done — the screen changes to show you the status of the transfer , and drops back into split screen mode as soon as it is finished . |