Example sentences of "return them to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour proposes to get rid of Trust status hospitals , returning them to local authority control and substituting for the internal market a series of performance agreements boosted by incentives . |
| 2 | Within this context of greater freedom for all schools , we will end the two-tier system created by Grant Maintained Schools and City Technology Colleges by returning them to the strategic planning framework of the local elected education authority . |
| 3 | Two copies of each of these Agreements are now being sent by mail to you , and I would ask you to arrange for signature of these documents by Three Vee Ltd , before returning them to us for signature . |
| 4 | Lucky Langdon , who is not normally a cautious person , believes this is unlikely , given the current opinion poll rating , and that the best bet wold be the Conservatives winning the most seats , but without an overall majority — thus returning them to power as a minority government . |
| 5 | Johnson , in his periodic spring cleanings , had a habit of donning large gloves and lustily banging his books together amid clouds of dust before returning them to their shelves shaken and contused . |
| 6 | You can derive an enormous amount of satisfaction from restoring old frames and returning them to their former glory , and it is astonishing the number of attractive frames that are discarded when someone changes the colour scheme of their home or sorts through their attic and throws out something that is battered but still beautiful . |
| 7 | He made imprints of the keys in bars of soap before returning them to the sleeping prison officer . |
| 8 | Once the fry have hatched , both parents remain on guard , leading the fry out of the cave in a school to feed , and returning them to the safety of the cave at night . |
| 9 | We used to go through the ritual of taking people off beta blockers , performing exercise tests , returning them to beta blockade and repeating the test . |
| 10 | Lawbreakers have placed themselves outside of society by committing their offences , but the penal process should ultimately aim at returning them to society as full members . |
| 11 | Looking at the matter generally , I can not believe that that could conceivably have been the intention of Parliament when passing the Children Act 1989 and thereby , if Judge Galpin is right , taking away from children within England and Wales the right to have an order made in their best interests by returning them to where they ought to be , which was a right which those children had , and parents acting on their behalf were able to claim in the courts , until 14 October 1991 . |
| 12 | The work consisted of laying out costumes in the appropriate dressing rooms in advance of the required changes , rescuing those from the previous number and returning them to Wardrobe , checking for damage , separating out for laundry . |
| 13 | ‘ I was angry ! ’ he admitted , thrusting his hands into the pockets of his trousers as he studied her , his eyes traversing her slender form , raking over the tangle of dark hair , her susceptible grey eyes , her full , sensual mouth , before lowering them in slow appraisal of her trim figure then returning them to her querulous expression . |
| 14 | ‘ Jared , ’ said his wife in the motor returning them to the embassy , ‘ was that necessary , or wise ? ’ |
| 15 | When Macbeth returns in a trance , still grasping the bloody daggers , Lady Macbeth illustrates her strength by returning them to Duncan 's chamber . |
| 16 | First , the practice of grazing calves from May until late July on permanent pasture , then moving these to hay or silage aftermath before returning them to the original grazing in late autumn . |
| 17 | She turned them inside out , returned them to Dot to put on with the insides now on the outside . |
| 18 | He cleaned my clubs and shoes and returned them to the Inn 's store room ready for the next round of golf . |
| 19 | Her husband kindly returned them to me , and I was able to do a great deal of destruction for myself . |
| 20 | Known as ‘ Um Yusef 's burgah ’ ( Um Yusef 's mask ) , they were always getting lost and being found by some kind soul who returned them to me . |
| 21 | Aggie gathered up the letters from the table , returned them to the writing case , then rose heavily , saying , ‘ Time enough to think about that . |
| 22 | Regularly she removed all the dishes from the dining-room china closet , washed them by hand — they were good china , not to be entrusted to the dishwasher — and returned them to their freshly washed shelves . |
| 23 | She gave him three of his books : he signed them , and returned them to her . |
| 24 | However , make sure you have recovered all of the stolen objects and returned them to their curators . |
| 25 | Cornelius stooped and returned them to him . |
| 26 | In April 1860 the Minister of Internal Affairs presented " Temporary Rules on District Land Offices " to the State Council , but in June the tsar returned them to the ministry to await the preparation of a Statute on Provincial Institutions . |
| 27 | The Versailles peace conference acceded to Japan 's takeover of the former German concessions , but the Chinese refused to sign any treaty which did not return them to China , and Japan remained in occupation . |
| 28 | Most train stations hire out cycles and you can return them to a different station — look out for sign Velo am Bahnhof . |
| 29 | He need not return them to the seller , who if he wants them must come and collect them , section 36 . |
| 30 | But … if they 're family heirlooms then however much I want them , I must return them to the family where they belong , ’ she said dazedly . |