Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What with the addition of new capabilities to spreadsheets , and the advent of products which push back the frontiers of the electronic spreadsheet concept , it 's becoming a little difficult to draw a line between spreadsheet products and more elaborate financial modelling environments . |
| 2 | They took an alley which doubled back the way they had come and then they branched off it . |
| 3 | The depth of the cut could be adjusted by means of a turn-screw which drew back the base plate . |
| 4 | However , these are only blips in the stream of things , as are the rise of index investing and increased use of futures to rebalance portfolios ( both of which slice back the brokers ' business ) . |
| 5 | Upstairs , the main heating is via warmed air , combined with a mechanical heat-recovery system which takes back the heat from the bathroom and kitchen exhausts to warm incoming fresh air . |
| 6 | Some joker had daubed the pub sign on the reverse of a notice which looked back the way I had come . |
| 7 | He remembered falling , and the deck coming up to hit him , which brought back the sensation — although it had n't done so at the time — of the moment just before the torpedo hit Lanark . |
| 8 | They also say it was government research which slipped back the most between 1973 and 1981 and that industry needs to be allowed to make profits before upping R&D . |
| 9 | At the Neretva River , where the road ends abruptly and without warning , Muslim soldiers wave their guns threateningly from the other side — a salutary reminder that the Muslim-Croat alliance which won back the city is deteriorating rapidly . |
| 10 | If you think all that is carrying the search for sportscar perfection too far , then Porsche will offer you a ‘ Touring ’ version for the same price , which brings back the stereo , sound proofing , door pockets and electric seats . |
| 11 | And many films attacked the sort of conservative attitudes which held back the British war effort . |
| 12 | By contrast Marx and Engels saw the proletariat 's mission as breaking down the restrictions of capitalism which held back the full development of technology ; and they rejected as utopian any form of transition to socialism which was not brought about by a genuine ( and almost certainly violent ) social revolution . |