Example sentences of "[vb infin] back [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Rail could win back part of the record damages paid to a widow after her husband died from an asbestos-related disease . |
| 2 | Can you win back support in this area . |
| 3 | Some kindly English Burma police were with us and whenever the boat tied up to the banks would slip ashore and bring back fruit for us . |
| 4 | Barbara Coleman would detest the solitude , the place would bring back memories of the good times and she would be confronted more than ever with the evidence that the good times had gone . |
| 5 | Noddy 's Playtime is aimed at three to seven year olds , but it might well bring back memories for a few older people too . |
| 6 | A Douglas Dakota DC3 , which was used as a US Army Air Force Skytrain in World War Two , will help bring back memories for old war dogs . |
| 7 | And he would bring back goods from the market , such as meal , and sell or exchange that for what the Dalesfolk had brought . |
| 8 | Xerox Corp has some good news for Utica in upstate New York , a town that is more used to news of plant closures : on Maundy Thursday , Xerox announced that it plans to locate a new manufacturing subsidiary in Utica , which could create as many as 300 new jobs , although it will start with only 50 ; the new plant , called the Low Complexity Manufacturing Group Inc , will supply simple subassemblies for integration into Xerox copier and printer products , and could also bring back work to the US from foreign suppliers , as well as saving Xerox $2m a year . |
| 9 | Silent yawning will also bring back mobility to your face . |
| 10 | He proposes that males developed bipedalism so that they could go out and bring back food for the females . |
| 11 | So , one Member of Parliament 's idea ‘ to have girl muggers whipped ’ would turn back the clock to the 1820s when corporal punishment for women was abolished , whereas another Parliamentary recommendation to ‘ Bring back stocks for hooligans ’ would presumably transport us into the Dark Ages . |
| 12 | They 'll also send back details of heat and moisture ; vital when you 're predicting cloud formation . |
| 13 | If partner " A " has an obligation to give partner " B " armshells ( mwali ) then partner " B " must give back necklaces ( soulaya , bagi ) and , vice versa , " A " can never give back necklaces to " B " , nor can " B " ever give armshells to " A " . |
| 14 | You can claim back 80% of it each month from your NI contributions or tax payments . |
| 15 | This also means that the business can not claim back VAT on the purchases which it makes . |
| 16 | Similarly , history lines can be amended which is particularly useful in the case of retrospective pay awards , because if the correct " reason for change " code is used , the system will in these cases calculate back pay including shift and other allowances due . |
| 17 | And also the the elongated period where they can claw back commission from you . |
| 18 | A leader in the Times Higher Education Supplement called the plan to abolish the ILEA ‘ a disgraceful measure that plainly verges on maladministration ’ , and went on to claim that the abolition ‘ will set back education in London for a generation ’ . |
| 19 | Paula said the reason she would not go back Turn to Page 10 From Page 1 was she was frightened of him because he used to beat her . |
| 20 | So you would go back people like Shirley who 's probably did |
| 21 | Once you have found such a spot you can go back time after time and take fish . |
| 22 | But they do come back loads of them and we send them off everywhere into dance into acting into trade shows we 've got a terrific act on here all you people who strive and slave towards making this playhouse work we 're a bloody miracle . |
| 23 | ‘ For some cases , we 'd come back day after day , and chat to people in the queue . |
| 24 | Erm having produced that report and having erm er done the follow up on it , it does n't seem to me that it would be reasonable for the general assembly to expect that the Board would come back year after year with repetitions of what we 've already said , and that 's why the commissioner notices that erm we do n't report this year on child abuse . |
| 25 | You can get back 80% of the total gross SSP you have paid in the tax month . |
| 26 | The manufacturers recognised that the camcorders would not catch on unless they adopted a common format allowing video enthusiasts to record and play back tapes on different models of machine , The standard the companies agreed is flexible in that it leaves room for technical developments before the camcorders go on sale , but is tight enough to ensure that all camcorders will eventually be compatible . |
| 27 | Although this may seem advantageous , however , it is not a conclusive reason to choose standard VHS , since you can play back recordings of any format by plugging the requisite camcorder into the television set in place of the VCR . |
| 28 | But holders of Treasury 9¾ per cent stock 2002 , if they held the stock until redemption in August 2002 , would only receive back £100 for each £100 nominal amount of stock ; i.e. they would lose capital value of £3.09375 on each £100 nominal amount of stock . |
| 29 | Equally , the maintenance of that support through a difficult period will reflect back credit on banking as a whole . |
| 30 | Novell Inc will push back delivery of the beta version of NetWare 4.0 until September , according to prospective beta testers that have spoken to Microbytes Daily : at least two potential beta testers were told by sales reps that the 4.0 beta version , originally due last week , will be delayed while Novell improves the software 's interface and ramps up staffing on the 4.0 support hot lines ; also , one of the crucial issues Novell has yet to resolve is how easily network administrators will be able to migrate from their existing versions ; 4.0 is expected to include major enhancements to the operating system 's administration services , including audit trails for all file activity and a new retrieve-based user directory . |