Example sentences of "[vb pp] back on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp has now fallen back on the reliable method of pre-announcement for its OS/2 promotion campaign . |
| 2 | I would buy the parchment and arrange its transport down to the wharves and we concluded that , if we sold the wine brought back on the first voyage , we would make a profit . |
| 3 | Town 's drugs are often made in Britain , flown to the Far East or some other convenient staging post and then brought back on the next night — to be sold more cheaply than if they had never left Britain . |
| 4 | I were knocked back on the bloody floor . |
| 5 | ( c ) The charge If the conveyance or transfer does not fall within the provisions of s83 , one is thrown back on the previous stamp duty position : ( i ) conveyance or transfer on sale This incurs a charge to ad valorem stamp duty at 1 per cent unless the conveyance can be certified at £60,000 or less ( see below ) ( Finance Act 1984 , s109 and Finance Act 1993 ) ; or ( ii ) conveyance or transfer " of any other kind " In such a case fixed stamp duty of 50p is payable unless the instrument can be certified as being one within The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) . |
| 6 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |