Example sentences of "by returning [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marco van Basten , the European Footballer of the Year , gave European champions Milan a timely boost by returning to the squad for training this week for the first time since a cartilage operation on 1 September . |
| 2 | Little , anxious for Darlington to emulate Lincoln City by returning to the League at the first attempt , is convinced that the habit of the League 's poorer brethren somehow surviving can not last . |
| 3 | The point can be made best by returning to the Hunter and Grier schism from the Irish Presbyterian Church in 1927 and its failure to attract popular support , even from those people who shared Hunter and Grier 's religious beliefs . |
| 4 | Political opponents such as Mr Chihana take great risks by returning to the country ; Dr Banda recently said that if they did , they would be ‘ meat for crocodiles ’ . |
| 5 | The Royal Commission sought to rectify this by returning to the twenty-four hour yardstick as the general rule . |
| 6 | This illustrates yet again the somewhat uneven pattern of evolution , since crocodiles have in a sense regressed by returning to the water . |
| 7 | Latter-day Cobdenites faced the future by returning to the subversive roots of their creed . |
| 8 | He must attempt his diagnosis by returning to the relevant scientific and technological principles . |
| 9 | Let us finish by returning to the question of why species differ in their sexual division of parental labour . |
| 10 | Bush ended his speech by returning to the Desert War theme and informing his audience that " We are still the freest nation on earth ; the kindest nation on earth ; the strongest nation on earth ; and we have always risen to the occasion . |
| 11 | Clinton , then a student in the United Kingdom , reneged on this arrangement , it was alleged , by returning to the UK and then by attending Yale University , thereby failing to enter either the ROTP or the University of Arkansas . |
| 12 | We can begin by returning to the question of defining your essay topic . |
| 13 | It is proper to end this presentation by returning to the equation we began with . |
| 14 | Perhaps we could conclude by returning to the subject we started with , and that 's the detective story . |
| 15 | Those members of the party who do not feel inclined can perform a service for those who do by returning in the car to Leck and there taking a side road past Leck Church to the village of Ireby ; here they can await the arrival of their more resolute companions . |
| 16 | Again and again , Tracy upstaged Gable by returning from the point of death with a weak smile until Gable finally dropped Tracy and yelled , ‘ Die , goddammit , Spence ! |
| 17 | WAITRESS Delphine Barbiaux served up a surprise — by returning from the ‘ dead ’ . |