Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb infin] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently increased emphasis needs to be placed upon the role of assessment , rehabilitation and transfer rather than discharge back into the community . |
| 2 | Rather than walk back on your own . |
| 3 | Not only this , but because owls are naturally nocturnal , if I released Dawn during the day , she was quite likely to seek out a suitable roosting place rather than come back to me for food , if the fancy took her . |
| 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 | Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality . |
| 6 | Erm no seriously I think it really should n't take long , you 're quite right to sort this matter out but I think three people really should go away and come back with a suggestion or a couple of suggestions . |
| 7 | To the novice first impressions may be chaotic , but the temptation to turn away and come back at some quieter time should be resisted . |
| 8 | There again , that 's the best of both worlds ; I have a chance to go out and play stadiums and arenas and then I get to go home and go back to the way I was , although with a lot more experience under my belt . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you going to stay here or go back to the Villa Fiesole ? ’ |
| 10 | Deep inside she knew she should leave here and go back to England as quickly as possible before all her defences collapsed . |
| 11 | Our job is to go over there and come back with a result which keeps everything alive for us in the second leg at Parkhead . ’ |