Example sentences of "[to-vb] back the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From about 1983 the courts started to rein back the development they had unleashed . |
| 2 | After reassessing the situation , however , the Brigade Commander decided to pull back the battlegroup and move it into temporary hides . |
| 3 | The axe kick 1 : begin to pull back the leg . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a double-action revolver , which means you have to pull back the hammer to cock it before firing . ’ |
| 5 | Let's face it … ’ he reached to smooth back the curtain of tousled gold curls from her eyes ‘ … we hardly know each other . |
| 6 | What this appeal is concerned with , however , is only the landlord 's obligation to repay once the lease has expired without breach of covenant , there being neither any obligation on the original landlord to pay over the amount of the deposit to an assignee of the reversion nor any obligation on the original tenant to assign to an assignee of the term his contractual right to receive back the amount of the deposit when and if the condition for its repayment is fulfilled … |
| 7 | To revert to an old style would be to try to set back the clock and deny the progress which had been made and made under divine providence . |
| 8 | For large numbers come into the criminal justice system unnecessarily , erm that is likely to set back the progress which was made during the nineteen eighties and er increase and reinforce criminality . |
| 9 | When executive search consultants leave or retire , they are forced to sell back the equity to other partners who , on election to the partnership , are encouraged to purchase stock at an agreed rate . |
| 10 | He had failed to win back the support of the MRP . |
| 11 | The child must know how to win back the favour of its parents . |
| 12 | Their agility gives them the edge , not so much in dispossessing an attacker but in evading attempts to win back the ball and in creating time and space for passing and regenerating their own offence . |
| 13 | Mr Crosbie said yesterday there are also signs that the school roll is to rise , after a campaign to win back the confidence of local parents . |
| 14 | As Defence Minister at the height of the Intifada in 1988 , Rabin had again taken a hard line , and Labour was widely thought to have gained popularity after he defeated the more doveish Shimon Peres ( his successor in 1977 ) to win back the party chairmanship in February 1992 [ see p. 38787 ] . |
| 15 | They 'll continue their campaign to win back the security they 'd worked a whole lifetime for . |
| 16 | All the fathers of the early church saw the Devil as holding rights over this world , but some of them believed that God had to pay him his dues in order to win back the world . |
| 17 | If these governments want to win back the access to international capital markets that they need in order to expand and prosper , they will have to come up with some ideas of their own . |
| 18 | On the coast too , where we are used to the process of erosion ( though its scale has been heightened by the storms ) , how long can the Trust continue to play King Canute by trying to win back the dune systems , as at Woolacombe in North Devon ? |
| 19 | Prior to announcing his candidacy Bush had on Feb. 6 unveiled a health care package which was designed to overhaul the US health system and to win back the initiative on what was widely perceived to be an important electoral issue . |
| 20 | Even President George Bush told his team not to come back to the USA if they failed to win back the Cup while one British tabloid quoted our own Peter Alliss on how the matches have moved away from the original concept of GB v USA and goodwill through golf . |
| 21 | Now , if a crime is committed , the police will be able to play back the video tape for clues , noting for instance the registration numbers of vehicles using the road . |
| 22 | We did n't care about the magazine we just wanted to trace back the gold chain see who handled it . |
| 23 | But it did n't take long for Mansell to steal back the lead and remained in control until an early pitstop . |
| 24 | Before he could introduce himself , Emily turned and began to walk back the way she had come . |
| 25 | He tried to sniff back the wetness that had sprung to his eyes , but a few hot tears managed to spill over and course down his burning cheeks . |
| 26 | Furthermore , they agreed to buy back the land at the purchase price should the venture fail . |
| 27 | Under the proposed deal , O&Y would be able to buy back the building if it recovers . |
| 28 | Evidence emerged in July of an illicit operation by a Polish government agency to buy back the country 's foreign debt at a discount , as Poland discussed resheduling its debt repayments to Western banks . |
| 29 | Getting rid of Hunslet is probably 1 reason why Silver wants to buy back the ground . |
| 30 | The council had no legal obligation to buy back the property and previous repurchases were virtually unheard of . |