Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] back to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But behind the scenes the 86-year-old reformer is believed to be working to bring his economic programme back to life .
2 As inexorable as gravity brings the high jumper back to earth , so doth the winnings of the gambler return unto him who gave them .
3 Then before she resumed her snail-slow progress back to bed she steeled herself to look in the mirror above the washbasin .
4 Cowans on a free transfer back to Villa .
5 Cowans on a free transfer back to Villa .
6 For the first time , an entirely independent body had uncovered a direct statistical link between Britain 's biggest nuclear power station and one of the few types of cancer which displayed a clear pathway back to radiation exposure .
7 Piloted by Hoof Proudfoot , the Lightning flew with the undercarriage locked down for the 35 minute flight back to base .
8 This is a new addition to a range of measures which include Jobclubs , the Job Interview Guarantee Scheme and other tested methods of helping unemployed people back to work .
9 We carefully considered — I explained how we did so — how best to help unemployed people back to work .
10 Survey evidence showed that although training is an important and effective way of helping some unemployed people back to work , it is not the only way or always the best way .
11 BILL MILLAR finds union leaders and business chiefs unimpressed by plans to get unemployed people back to work
12 Reloading the Walther , he waited for the lavatory to flush before going through to help the old man back to bed .
13 Stirling was told that a new operation was being planned and that he must bring his entire force back to base .
14 Passing through humid cornfields back to town brings the mind around to separation .
15 I should say at once I was not harbouring any weirdo Lawrentian notion that the lightning had zapped the little cow back to life the moment I left the turret ; for one thing there was the matter of missing parts .
16 Another version says that the idea of tapes being wiped was just a wheeze to get a comfortable taxi back to base !
17 ‘ If ever I succeed ’ he writes ‘ in bringing our native kings back to life in my songs , and Arthur who waged wars even under the earth , or if I tell of the splendid heroes of the table rendered invincible by their bond of comradeship and , oh if inspiration would but come to me , if I smash the Saxon phalanxes beneath the impact of the British . ’
18 She left the ferry after the brief trip back to Earth .
19 THE GREAT trek back to school begins in earnest this week .
20 British scientists are exited by this new way of bringing ancient buildings back to life .
21 He underwent three operations on the long haul back to fitness and has been a helpless onlooker as Leeds floundered in their title defence .
22 I also hope that these schemes to encourage married mothers back to work wo n't discriminate against young , single people with employers rushing to recruit mature returners .
23 VW girl Paula 's short cut back to modelling
24 Today the wall serves as a safe guide back to civilisation in mist or unkind weather and lost souls on Gragareth have good reason to be grateful for its existence .
25 Once flowers are over , cut the faded stems back to ground level .
26 It surely seems worth investigating the possibility that whatever it is about power lines that flips a normal brain into depression may flip a depressed brain back to normality .
27 Composite nine is about putting young people back to work and that has to be a priority in a year which has seen youth unemployment hit the one million mark .
28 They 'll take no profit from this deal to get Russian children back to school .
29 I would certainly join my honourable friend in condemning the advice which has been reported in the paper today er the government 's efforts to improve the campaign against truancy and the to succeed in getting errant pupils back to school which is where they should be , I believe is and should be widely supported .
30 Dorothy Newman nudged her fellow conspirator back to reality , then they ran at breakneck speed to their respective homes .
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