Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] back on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other options open to the council include reducing the opening hours of all libraries or cutting back on the money it pends on books . |
| 2 | Taxing the benefit , and introducing tighter medical checks will also , says the Government , force many to find jobs or sign back on the dole . |
| 3 | Sometimes the actors went back up to their dressing-rooms for an hour at a stretch while she and Geoffrey stood in for them , posing languidly at the fireplace or leaning back on the settee , twirling empty wine glasses . |
| 4 | Rather than fall back on an increased emphasis upon managerialism based upon hierarchy and control , the Education Reform Acts should be regarded as an opportunity to review , not just in a coping way but in a maximising way , the management structures and processes of our schools . |
| 5 | In the largest experiment ever undertaken using the methods of integrated pest management ( IPM ) , scientists with the UN 's Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) have demonstrated that cutting back on the applications of pesticide can result in increased crop yields . |
| 6 | It works with standard audio input devices like microphones , disks and cassette tapes , and plays back on a variety of devices . |
| 7 | He removes his parka , wrapping it around the muzzle of his Sturm-Ruger , and sits back on the step of the lectern . |
| 8 | And Margot went thanks very much , and got back on the bus . |
| 9 | The Six agreed to hold an intergovernmental committee , to be headed by the tireless Paul-Henri Spaak , which would consider , flesh out and report back on the various proposals . |
| 10 | At the same time they have re-examined ‘ respect for the individual ’ , and focussed back on the manager 's role in developing trust , justice , helping employees take ownership of their jobs . |
| 11 | He shrugs and lies back on the bed . |
| 12 | No , went on a hovercraft well wen went on the hovercraft and came back on a , a ferry on the boat . |
| 13 | Sykes went to Paris a couple of days before you did , and came back on the Monday . |
| 14 | All too often you pitch the ball short , catch the slope and finish back on the lower layer . |
| 15 | All she wanted now was to get really stoned and lie back on the mattress thinking good thoughts . |
| 16 | I will be staying for the weekend and going back on the train on Sunday night . |
| 17 | Many of the beaches were almost deserted in my early childhood , and to walk on a newly washed shore as the tide receded , and look back on the footsteps in the shining sand was a delight . |
| 18 | But our Key Person policy compensated us , which kept our backers and creditors happy , and eventually we managed to recruit new people , reorganise and get back on the rails again . ’ |
| 19 | Chris leads them down the hallway to the bedroom , and gets back on the bed next to Pauline . |
| 20 | A curl broke to my right and almost engulfed me , so I swung even further left and shuffled back on the board to keep from pearling . |
| 21 | After all , as he had said — and now every word of our conversation came back to me as clearly as if played back on a tape — a woman has a right to decide , on the basis of her own capacity to cope with the situation , whether she is justified in going on with it . |
| 22 | Blunt , coming up behind him and hauling back on the control column to get his plane over the hedge , saw Peacock sliding out of the sky and tried to turn inside him . |
| 23 | Rosa adjusted the cold compress on her forehead , and settled back on a chair against the wall , watching Cati as she lay . |
| 24 | Rory rolled her eyes heavenwards and settled back on the sun-lounger . |
| 25 | and we 're , we 're going on the Friday afternoon and coming back on the Monday afternoon . |
| 26 | I walked the glen many times , and looked back on the few trees , lying far in the hollow , that grow near the place where the massacre is said to have begun ; while on either side were deep rock-lined , tree and fern-fringed chasms , leading into seclusions and bleak mountain summits , one could spend long hours exploring . |
| 27 | She lost her balance and fell back on the old iron bedstead , pulling the old woman off her feet . |
| 28 | He dropped the diary into the drawer , closed it and fell back on the pillows . |
| 29 | When the question was put , the Earl shouted ‘ not content ’ , and lay back on the buttonback red benches to await the division . |
| 30 | He smiled contentedly and lay back on the couch . |