Example sentences of "back [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 5 years with Maxwell junior at the helm , the club has dropped back into the second division and shows debts of up to £4.5 million . |
| 2 | If we resist the temptation to place the factory system too far back into the eighteenth century and consider the factory mode alongside other prior and parallel methods of manufacturing , it seems hard to deny that there was something of a supply-side response to an increase in demand . |
| 3 | Klinsmann pulled a goal back in the 66th minute and Andreas Moeller scored the second 10 minutes from time . |
| 4 | Lee Philpott pulled one back in the 73rd minute and then super sub John Francis scored twice to grab an unlikely draw . |
| 5 | When you 've drawn the first one , just put it back in the first bag and forget about it and go on . |
| 6 | Ewshot fought back in the second half and Murphy , despite an injury to his nose , covered acres of ground in both attack and defence to keep them at bay . |
| 7 | Look back over the last week and count the number of " risk-decisions " you or your team took . |
| 8 | As the camera pulled back on the last shot and credits were shown on the screen , the tension in the studio relaxed , replaced by an exultant mood . |
| 9 | In April each of the canes seen protruding starkly from the ground in February is cut back to the second bud and stakes are planted for their support . |
| 10 | If you do n't do it , it 'll be two possibly threeish because you 're not too sure , you 've got to go back to the second appointment and he might do it but then again he may not . |
| 11 | Laugharne Castle dates back to the 12th century and Carmarthen Castle to 1109 , restored some 200 years later by Edward I at a cost of £169 15s. 6d ! |
| 12 | New Hall dates back to the 12th century and is reputed to be the oldest fully moated manor house in England . |
| 13 | Beneath Denmark Street , west of the city centre , are extensive cellars , dating back to the thirteenth century and once part of an Augustinian monastery . |
| 14 | Their regulation can be traced back to the thirteenth century and subsequent legislation such as that of 1697 — ‘ An act to restrain the number and ill practice of brokers and stock brokers ’ . |
| 15 | Roughly translated it means new beginnings — it dates back to the thirteenth century and confers a purely honourary degree — something to put in a ’ Who 's Who ’ entry . |
| 16 | The work of solicitors goes back to the 15th century and as time has gone on they have become increasingly influential . |
| 17 | Sultan Pakubuono XI of Surakarta comes from a lineage reaching back to the ninth century and , despite Indonesia 's official birth into the modern age with her independence in 1949 , the Sultan , like his ancestors before him , remains the uncrowned " Pope " of pre-Islamic Javanese mysticism . |
| 18 | The buildings of the farmhouse date back to the 17th century and are occupied , in part , by the present owner , the English speaking Signora Elena Mancini . |
| 19 | CAMRA would prefer beer to be brewed solely from barley malt but the use of sugar dates back to the 19th century and many renowned beers , such as Marston 's Pedigree , have recipes that include 10 per cent or more brewing sugars . |
| 20 | An assessment of those walls , banks and groynes , published last year by the Department of the Environment , found that ‘ many go back to the 19th century and so , not withstanding that over £2 million per year is spent by the district councils on maintenance , heavy expenditure on renewals continues to be needed ’ . |
| 21 | The Government investigations paint a picture of decadent fraud flourishing in a climate of lax controls dating back to the 19th century and policed by professional advisors who paid insufficient attention to the task at hand . |
| 22 | In fact , until December last theirs was the largest private library of manuscripts in the world , with works dating back to the seventh century and texts of great importance to German history , the natural sciences , military history and the Grand Tour . |
| 23 | Certainly those responsible for some of the decisions that have lead to outright closures could learn a lot by looking at these institutions which date back to the nineteenth century and earlier and will no doubt continue to survive . |
| 24 | And again , if he wanted to alter a painting later after its completion , if he did not go back to the first idea and atmosphere of conception , he could never make the alteration a success . |
| 25 | Where an applicant voluntarily left accommodation but had then acquired temporary accommodation , the courts interpreted the legislation so as to entitle the local authority to relate back to the first accommodation and so to find that he was intentionally homeless . |
| 26 | There are numerous castles , including Chirk Castle which dates back to the 14th century and has some lovely formal gardens , and a little further away , Powis Castle , built in the 15th century but altered through the years and now very much a stately home with a large deer park . |
| 27 | Scots Wha Hae , which some may claim is another emotional dirge , has tremendous credentials ( tune going back to the 14th century and words by our national bard ) . |
| 28 | The tradition of literacy in the army goes back to the seventeenth century and the Civil War , which was fought with texts and pamphlets as much as with weapons , and beyond to the Reformation , and beyond that again to the mediaeval orders of chivalry such as the Knights Templar . |
| 29 | The origins of Gdansk go back to the 10th Century and its historic centre has been preserved in its ancient style . |
| 30 | Mike Sadler was flown straight back to the Eighth Army and assigned the task of navigating the New Zealand Division around the south of the Mareth line , while Cooper was able to enjoy the pleasures of Constantine with an old friend , Reg Seekings , who had made his way through after the B Squadron attacks on the road . |