Example sentences of "go back to the basics " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that it is only by going back to the basics and debating questions such as ‘ What do you want from the audit process ? |
| 2 | For them , he said , there was a need to go back to the basics of spelling , grammar , punctuation and arithmetic . |
| 3 | Then I went back to the basics again … but I think all guitarists go through that , do n't they ? ’ |
| 4 | So we went back to the basics to see whether we could ask the Government to abolish the ‘ cohab rule ’ altogether . |
| 5 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the Secretary of State for Education and Science on devising tests for seven-year-olds which go back to the basics of reading , writing and arithmetic ? |