Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] back on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ethical debates about the quality of life and the limits to medical intervention are certain to become more pressing as frontiers are rolled back on what is technically possible . |
| 2 | These weeks are looked back on affectionately by pupils as they remember the camaraderie they have developed with Staff , parent and senior pupils . |
| 3 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |
| 4 | They will also fit the 6 cylinder 109 if the bell housing is changed and the engine mounts are moved back on the chassis . |
| 5 | This policy is back in the desk drawer at the moment , but it is clearly going to be placed back on the table , since the government is even considering charging thirty pound a night for N H S beds . |
| 6 | And they ca n't be claimed back on your insurance if it 's a false alarm . |
| 7 | Obviously , this is a serious disability fur a proud hunting bird like the peregrine falcon , but sometimes wings can be sewn back on . |
| 8 | Once the servicing valve is fitted the water can be turned back on . |
| 9 | I set the punchcard on lock and proceed as usual , select a group of needles to be used as the motif and push all others back to WP ( needles must be pushed back on every row ) . |
| 10 | Thus , the Report considers the universities mainly in so far as their influence could be seen to be reflected back on the school system examinations and the home . |
| 11 | Up to speeds of 70 mph ( 100 mph on N-registered ones ! ) the canopy can be slid back on hot sunny days ; earlier ‘ Coupes with the slide-down windows can also fly in ‘ convertible ’ mode . |
| 12 | You may want to change the format , say from Video 8 to VHS , so that it can be played back on your table-top VCR , or to convert the sound track from hi-fi to a linear edge track which can then be edited by audio dub . |
| 13 | A whole world of colour and sound is waiting to be brought back on video tape , and camcorders are now so simple to operate , and so portable , that you can take pictures just about anywhere . |
| 14 | The module must be brought back on line before it can be installed/deinstalled . |
| 15 | Jackson , who described the action as an ‘ artistic ’ response to racism , said that the painting-How Ya Like Me Now ? by David Hammons-should be put back on display together with the sledge-hammer . |
| 16 | This meant he had to go back to the county party and ask to be put back on their panel of candidates , a request which was turned down on Saturday . |
| 17 | It seems that matters have fallen behind schedule and need to be put back on the rails . |
| 18 | If the ban is approved , the contractor would have the chance to reapply in two years to be put back on the list . |
| 19 | The more Jack was in demand , as a lecturer , teacher , and man of letters , the more danger there was that Warnie would be thrown back on his own society or , worse , on that of Mrs Moore . |
| 20 | He could be knocked back on his heels , but never for long . |
| 21 | Workers will not be allowed back on the out-of-service Vulcan II well in Conoco 's Vulcan field until the area is completely clear of gas . |
| 22 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 23 | A telephone statement enables the last 25 recorded transactions to be read back on the phone . |
| 24 | It had surrounded her at her progressive private school , it surrounded her still at her fashionable newish university , but she herself lacked economic grasp and was uncomfortably aware of having lost , of late , a few arguments with outsiders , of having been thrown back on arguments about personalities . |
| 25 | As a consequence , the members of the team have been thrown back on what amounts to a re-discovery of the mental welfare officer role — visiting , keeping an eye on things , and acting as a gatekeeper for routing some resources to individuals and families . |
| 26 | In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’ |
| 27 | The result is that they are thrown back on their own individual and collective resources . |
| 28 | After one day on my own I am put back on trainee status . |
| 29 | Tens of thousands were reported back on the streets in Timisoara yesterday , defying a state of emergency , a curfew , and a ban on assembly of more than five persons imposed on the region . |
| 30 | They were catapulted back on their own ball , which not only put the pressure on Nicol but meant there could be no back-row moves to take the heat off the threequarters . |