Example sentences of "[noun pl] back [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut all main branches back to a few inches long and for each prepare 2–3 scions of the new variety as for whip and tongue grafting , but trim their bases to a long wedge shape . |
| 2 | Then , once the revs increase above 4000 , the valve opens to link all six air intakes and turn the separate units back into a straight six engine . |
| 3 | Eisler traces our prehistoric origins back to a goddess-worshipping people , for whom ‘ feminine ’ values of nurturing and sharing were revered , and who based their relationships on partnership rather than domination . |
| 4 | We have no problem going in , but if we are caught or seen then Odd-Knut will not be allowed to bring his dogs back without a lengthy and expensive quarantine . |
| 5 | Some earlier teams collecting wild cocoa had lost 50 per cent or more of their material by attempting to send it directly to distant breeding centres ; our intention was to bring the collections back to a local base for propagation and planting . |
| 6 | Having built their cult reputation four years back on a rib-tickling broadside against bar-room self-aggrandisement called ‘ Preposterous Tales In The Life Of Ken McKenzie ’ and the hilariously deadpan ‘ Three English Football Grounds ’ , this South London duo now augment their tinny beatbox-plus-guitar formula with throbbing keyboard moodscapes as in current single ‘ We Stand Around ’ , the most unnerving paean to soccer obsessives ever recorded . |
| 7 | Now the rather depressing side of football pools as you only get twenty eight pounds in the hundred pounds back in an overall figure . |
| 8 | In one instance , a stock of thousands of BBC props had been sold off this year for £75,000 yet the BBC later spent £1,100 renting just three items back for a few weeks . |
| 9 | Cotterell made an attempt to push the remaining files back into a stable heap . |
| 10 | Hang the curtains by inserting one curtain hook into each glider on track or pole and draw the curtains back into an open position . |
| 11 | The first stage must have been the re-establishment of Eadwine 's Humbrian confederacy to embrace Lindsey , for example , over which Oswald certainly established himself as a conqueror ( HE 111 , 11 ) , and to bring the Mercians back into a dependent relationship ; and the second to restore Eadwine 's position of dominance in southern England . |
| 12 | Teachers who have themselves learnt English as a foreign language may cast their minds back to an earlier stage in their own development ; experience of learning other languages may also provide some help . |
| 13 | The second option is to hold children back in a younger class . |
| 14 | The program should allow for this and should , at minimum take pupils back to a main menu or to the start of the program . |
| 15 | For the casual visitor to the shore , who does not intend to take specimens back to a specially-prepared aquarium , very little equipment is required , perhaps just a clean bucket , and a small aquarium net is useful . |
| 16 | Dignity demanded that the dealer should hand the tiles back with a pitying smile . |