Example sentences of "[noun] back [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hilary , 48 , of Bath , Avon , won £8,000 compensation and her old job back at an industrial tribunal earlier this year , after a 15-month battle . |
| 2 | The lower jawbone continues through both the North and South Islands of New Zealand until it reaches the ‘ chin ’ , then begins a slow doubling back along an unseen series of mid-oceanic ridges that curve through the roaming forties , become the back of Pac-Man 's skull and turn back up towards warmer water , surfacing briefly as Easter Island and the pinnacles of Sala y Gomez , and joining the scalp and the hairline at the Mexican coast , Baja California and the west coasts of America , Canada and , finally , Alaska once more . |
| 3 | Now the rather depressing side of football pools as you only get twenty eight pounds in the hundred pounds back in an overall figure . |
| 4 | In a decision which surprised MPs and investors , the Trade Secretary , Mr Nicholas Ridley , told the Commons that the bulk of the 18,000 investors are to get nearly 90 per cent of their money back in an unprecedented state payout . |
| 5 | Therefore the DECELERATE signal is applied to the phase sequence generator , which shifts the phase sequence back by an appropriate number of steps . |
| 6 | Hang the curtains by inserting one curtain hook into each glider on track or pole and draw the curtains back into an open position . |
| 7 | The individual is motivated to change the situation back to an equitable one . |
| 8 | ‘ Can you really turn the mileage back with an electric drill ? ’ young Michael asked . |
| 9 | But it was Johnson who so nearly turned the game in the second period as Giants clawed their way back from an aggregate deficit of 16 points at 46-37 behind . |
| 10 | Desperately she tried to get the conversation back on an impersonal footing . |
| 11 | But , in the main , westerners fear a spell in the east will mean a kink in their careers , or that life will be too grey ( ‘ not even a decent pub ’ , groaned one civil servant back from an eastern town he decided not to work in ) . |
| 12 | Undeterred , he kept his gaze averted , saying quietly , ‘ I have something here which may yet put the company back on an upward spiral . |