Example sentences of "[verb] back on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of her misadventure , Diana looks back on that trip to Val Claret as one of the most enjoyable and carefree holidays of her life . |
| 2 | It 's this thought that remains uppermost in the mind of coach Ian Birtwell as he looks back on those sixteen memorable days in October when Canada came charging so boldly from the ranks of the ‘ possibles ’ to achieve quarter-final status . |
| 3 | Diana now looks back on those days at Coleherne Court as the happiest time of her life . |
| 4 | MARY BAILEY looks back on seven years as the cichlid-keeper 's agony aunt . |
| 5 | If that does not deter you , it drops back on all fours , turns its back on you and squirts . |
| 6 | He could have come back on that one , if he 'd really tried , but sometimes it was much easier to lie on the floor and watch the lights on the ceiling and listen to the count going on . |
| 7 | I 've I 've just come back on that D two stop three . |
| 8 | But I , I , I know that I missed out on the , the private education one because I should 've come back on that . |
| 9 | It is possible , however , to start off with good intentions , but to slip back on all these important elements once the pressure of circumstances begins to dictate . |
| 10 | The more successful the shops became , the more the branch managers reported back on those lines which sold well , thereby wielding a power which Laura did not at first wish to accept . |
| 11 | If I can pick up with motion three eight zero which refers to the privatation of sat statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay the C E C would like reference back on this for the very basis that the point is they do still remain State benefits and those who qualify them , for them , are legally entitled to do so . |
| 12 | Yes I should like to come back on one or two of those points . |
| 13 | Do you want to come back on that ? |
| 14 | Well I I think I 'll wait for H B F to come back on that one . |
| 15 | Mr , you want to come back on that . |
| 16 | Mr do you want to come back on that ? |
| 17 | Do you want to come back on that Mr or do you want to wait a few moments ? |
| 18 | Mr , did you want to come back on that one ? |
| 19 | you , if there 's any money to come back on that |
| 20 | I 'd just like to come back on that because I 'm referring here to erm county council paper N Y seven which was er relating to the I five I twelve issues we were issuing yesterday . |
| 21 | I was able to come back on that and add up the figures perfectly competently , but I can imagine that other people might not have been able to , and |
| 22 | A very fair admission , McLeish thought admiringly , and made his standard speech about the need , if he might , to come back on various points as they occurred to him . |
| 23 | And I 'd also like to come back on this of closed schools in that if we look only at chronological age , which puts a limit on ‘ O ’ levels , we are shutting doors , because many students — and I see this in the sixth form — are not ready for these examinations at the prescribed age . |
| 24 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
| 25 | And their continued existence , damn them , means this writer can no longer fall back on one of his favourite lines . |
| 26 | You can always fall back on good old rice and tea if the aesthetic qualities of the food are not enough to overcome your apprehension . |
| 27 | Ask them to be as specific as possible , — and not hold back on any areas , even if they seem embarrassing . |
| 28 | Looking back on that period , Mr Li lamented , ‘ Some sectors of the economy were so decentralised that the state 's ability to exercise macro-control was weakened . ’ |
| 29 | About twelve years later , when I was looking back on that meeting with Dana , I wrote the following poem : |
| 30 | Looking back on that episode , I often wonder . |