Example sentences of "[vb infin] back [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it is quite possible that these players could all bounce back through the mini tour , or through invitations gained in 1991 , but it does indicate what an unpredictable game golf is . |
| 2 | If all goes according to plan the enemy will fall back into a defensive position to the west of the area , around an airfield . |
| 3 | Without the moral strength of the New Thinking it will fall back into the old corruption . |
| 4 | Pupils can often fall back on a circular argument such as : Why is the relationship linear ? |
| 5 | At worst , one could fall back on the immediate family of brothers and cousins to protect the individual , if only by helping to pay up to meet the demands of the tax collector . |
| 6 | Once closed , the Home Office will fall back on the well-worn refrain that legislation is required to make a surprisingly large number of the proposals that are put forward , and that no Parliamentary time is available . |
| 7 | THEY , I predict , will fall back on the last line of defence . |
| 8 | It is for these reasons that Woolwich is not enabled or required to seek its remedy through the statutory framework , but must fall back on the common law . |
| 9 | Rather than fall back on an increased emphasis upon managerialism based upon hierarchy and control , the Education Reform Acts should be regarded as an opportunity to review , not just in a coping way but in a maximising way , the management structures and processes of our schools . |
| 10 | In the process we may fall back on an idealized view of our own society , or take our cue from generalized impressions of ‘ Western ’ experience . |
| 11 | He wanted the youth to go away , for in his mind he saw him fall back with a suppressed scream of terror and pain , holding a handkerchief to his face . |
| 12 | From time to time Sherif 's woolly old head , loosely wrapped in a dirty headdress , would fall back against the fly-speckled surface of the remaining quarter of a red sign . |
| 13 | If the dramatic frame is an enquiry or an investigation the children might well be creating still images , which they can then bring back to the whole group . |
| 14 | The first- and second-person pronouns are typical examples in that they do not refer back to a nominal expression in the text but to the speaker and hearer ( or writer and reader ) respectively . |
| 15 | However , the exhibition does not necessarily refer back to the previous event , and there is hardly ever a sense of continuing from where the previous exhibition left off . |
| 16 | It would be logical to expect an author to cite his thesis in his first related paper , so that readers could refer back to the original source . |
| 17 | Instead , they must now battle back from a 2-1 deficit after he punched the Glasgow club 's equaliser into his own net in the first leg of the all-British second round tie . |
| 18 | There are two disadvantages to this approach ; first , it is enormously time consuming and second , the polygon topology of the input coverage is not preserved , so one can not work back to the initial coverage attributes . |
| 19 | But to return to the run of the mill accident , the team will be occupied on average for about a week following which they will report back to the Chief Inspector . |
| 20 | The FO 's assessor will have a say in how the BAS spends its money and will report back to the Foreign secretary on how useful the BAS is as a political presence in the Antarctic and the south Atlantic , This move , which clearly follows from Britain 's determination to outface Argentina in the region , brings a new political backdrop to the activities of scientists in the Antarctic . |
| 21 | But then they 'd still presumably report back to the main group about what they 'd been doing . |
| 22 | Perhaps he could run back into the Romano-British Collection , gibbering . |
| 23 | There are some identifiable developed deities ; there are some incongruously primitive daemons too , which may look back towards an earlier period of religious feeling ; there are also some images of divinities which seem to be relatively poorly assimilated foreign imports . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman should look back at the Labour party 's record in government before he starts to criticise ours . |
| 25 | I like certain things ragged right for example , or fairly simple pages , but erm you can look back at the sixteenth century and find extremely simple pages , you know it 's not a modern idea and the thing is that most of the eddies and currents of popular graphic design are little stylistic exclusions that never go anywhere . |
| 26 | He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane . |
| 27 | Rachaela made herself look back at the white face of her child . |
| 28 | Collins should know — he can now look back on a managerial career which spanned Huddersfield , Hull City and Barnsley . |
| 29 | From time to time he would look back with a certain pride at them . |
| 30 | We can look back to a similar situation hundreds of years ago — the taming of knights in the Middle Ages . |