Example sentences of "back to the first [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | students of bones , a jocose reference back to the first description of Mrs Podsnap ( OMF i 2 ) as a ‘ fine woman for Professor Owen , quantity of bone , neck and nostrils like a rocking horse … |
| 2 | Under hypnosis she was taken back to the first day of her stay in hospital — the day before the operation itself . |
| 3 | First the next coupon payment is added to ( 8.8 ) and then the whole sum is discounted back to the first day of the delivery month . |
| 4 | We have to look back to the first quarter of 1988 to see a time when construction output was so low . |
| 5 | We have to go back to the first quarter of 1986 to see such a low figure for construction output per person in the past decade . |
| 6 | ‘ Josephinism ’ in religious matters , again , it is now clear , had behind it a long tradition extending back to the first years of the century . |