Example sentences of "return to " in BNC.
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| 1 | My aim was to investigate the symptoms of decay and perhaps to discover in the ‘ capriciousness and the return to chaos ’ a law which would vouchsafe one an insight into the intimate workings of art . |
| 2 | The plot states that an attachment to a strange woman , a woman who does not belong to this community of strangers , is succeeded by a return to the community , and by the dispersal , and survival , of the community . |
| 3 | But neither could I afford a return to the whims of private enterprise . |
| 4 | The prime reason for bringing in a new constitution in 1937 was the return to dominance of the republican grouping , the side which had lost the civil war , and which had retained the intention of establishing a republic . |
| 5 | The grip of the brewing giants is still powerful ; the late 1980s has seen a worrying return to takeovers and mergers and the intensification of lager promotion . |
| 6 | Such people are radically opposed to the idea of sociologists conducting research on the police and long for a return to a ‘ golden age ’ when the proverbial veil of secrecy surrounded police work . |
| 7 | I had discussed the problems of insider analysis with him at a 1988 Police Conference , where he described how , on return to his force after his undergraduate degree , he had asked for permission to publish research material . |
| 8 | Conversely , many of those in the amalgamated force who had previously worn helmets in their earlier life and had been moved into flat caps in 1969 welcomed the return to ‘ natural ’ apparel and their own version of a correct bodily disposition which had been prescribed in a 1958 edition of the Northumberland County Police Standing Orders . |
| 9 | Her return to mere domestic grievances was a relief after the nightmare about the army . |
| 10 | The ignoramuses who deplored pop music in the fifties failed to understand how these new forms , far from being ‘ a return to the jungle , ’ were actually heightening genuine musical development by incorporating their rhythmic vitality and percussive effects into them , as Stravinsky had done . |
| 11 | No 4468 Mallard was being prepared for a return to steam for the 50th anniversary of its 1938 world record speed run . |
| 12 | Preparations started in 1984 to return No 4468 Mallard to full working order for the fiftieth anniversary of its record–breaking run in 1988. 1986 saw the locomotive 's return to steam in original streamlined condition . |
| 13 | Ross , on his return to Britain , went back into the new route business as an outsider to the establishment scene — a position I know only too well . |
| 14 | The ‘ tendentious ’ story would soon be out of the way , making possible a return to what Dostoevsky thought was much more important , the Life of a Great Sinner project . |
| 15 | He is a different sort of great sinner , or essay upon the great-sinner theme , which is why I stress the aspect of return to the Vicious and tragic antihero who ca n't even call himself lazy . |
| 16 | After processing the data , the equation , selected by the program or user , is also displayed on return to the summary screen . |
| 17 | In some respects , this is a return to a very traditional kind of cognitive reading , in which the literary work is not read for its ‘ beauties ’ but its message , though the ‘ message ’ is now likely to be diagnostic rather than uplifting . |
| 18 | This seems to me retrogressive , and in some respects a return to the kind of thing I heard in my younger days in Oxford : ‘ One can not hope to understand A , unless one also knows about B , C , D , etc . ’ |
| 19 | In a return to the Latin origin of the word , ‘ textuality ’ weaves everything together . |
| 20 | I will point out , though , that it is in some ways a very conservative proposal , inviting a return to origins . |
| 21 | The above considerations are simply meant to signal my conviction that a change of balance is desirable , with a move away from the narrow professionalism of the academy , and a modest return to the original motives of the discipline of English . |
| 22 | He should repeat his assurance that , while Labour is opposed to the privatisation of water and electricity and wants to see a return to public control , it is not the party 's intention to clobber those who buy shares . |
| 23 | Details of the ‘ highly sensitive ’ information have not been made public , but it is understood to have originated from intelligence and diplomatic sources and probably relates to plans by Marcos loyalists to capitalise on his return to the country . |
| 24 | ISLAMABAD ( Reuter , AP ) — The Queen has sent a message to Pakistan , welcoming its formal return to the Commonwealth . |
| 25 | These studies continued , with increasing sophistication , after his return to Europe in 1966 as Professor of Anatomy at the new Erasmus University in Rotterdam . |
| 26 | On his return to Europe he missed the wide forum he had experienced in America , and was instrumental in founding two European neuroscience societies , at whose meetings he was constantly receptive to new ideas . |
| 27 | Though many analysts believe the desire for Marcos 's return to be based on Filipino culture and tradition , others feel Marcos 's 20 years of corrupt rule has produced a psychologically damaged people . |
| 28 | But it could be that President Bush is aware of this , and it could be that things are about to change because of the return to Washington this week of one Sig Rogich . |
| 29 | Despite the TUC 's call for complete immunity in tort for unions , under a Labour government there would be no return to the pre-1979 position where unions arguably enjoyed a privileged position . |
| 30 | A combination of a six month construction over-run and attendance of only 10 million cuts the return to 12 per cent . |