Example sentences of "[noun sg] back [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The complexities of these situations are shown by the case of an applicant and his family who left what was described as an ‘ overcrowded tin or galvanised structure with no basic amenities ’ in Bangladesh and who were treated as intentionally homeless by one London borough ( who considered that it was reasonable for them to continue to occupy that accommodation ) but not intentionally homeless by a second London borough who referred the applicant back to the first . |
| 2 | This means that garment workers in the Third World who benefited from the search for cheap labour by the TNCs in the past , can no longer assume that their jobs will always be safe from relocation back to the First World ( Elson , in Elson and Pearson , 1989 ) . |
| 3 | Together , the pair devised a series of three-year plans — the first was to put the club back in the first division , the second to get the club established in the top third of the table . |
| 4 | Your due back on the ninth ? |
| 5 | students of bones , a jocose reference back to the first description of Mrs Podsnap ( OMF i 2 ) as a ‘ fine woman for Professor Owen , quantity of bone , neck and nostrils like a rocking horse … |
| 6 | Right and they did n't get a license back to the second war . |
| 7 | Jazz tossed his hair back for the first time to take in what was going on . |
| 8 | We all enjoy a British victory and Nick did a great job in pulling his game back in the last four holes but for me the victory was soured by the silly and jingoistic utterances of the Radio 5 team . |
| 9 | Liverpool 's defeat , which threatens to prevent them finishing in the top five for the first time since their initial season back in the First Division 30 years ago , was again due to the unpredictable goalkeeping of Grobbelaar . |
| 10 | The Pontins League includes the reserve teams of most of the North 's top clubs , with Everton gaining promotion back to the first division last season after being relegated 12 months previously . |
| 11 | So I think we may have to take this as part of the council meeting when we get a report back , cos obviously , there 's a degree of urgency in whatever we do about this , but I can suggest that we can do no more than report back to the next council meeting that we 've discussed this , and that it is in solicitor 's hands . |
| 12 | Brighton remain next to bottom in the table and relegation back to the Third Division after four seasons looks a distinct probability . |
| 13 | This has led to some repatriation of the apparel industry from the Third World back to the First . |
| 14 | But Tottenham 's problems pale by comparison with those of last night 's opponents ; should Coventry beat Sheffield Wednesday at home tonight and win or draw here on Saturday , then County will be on their way back to the Second Division . |
| 15 | Dave Swindlehurst was Palace 's big , strong goalscorer as we forced our way back to the 1st Division limelight from the obscurity of the 3rd between 1974 and 1979 . |
| 16 | GAUCHE , OVER the top t'witching and ‘ woulding ham job with Julian Sands zapped way back to the 18th Century by Richard E Grant 's title character . |
| 17 | Now he is out of action again after fighting his way back into the first team . |
| 18 | The older colleges , which traced their history back to the eighteenth century 's ‘ dissenting academies ’ had not kept the high standing they had then enjoyed . |
| 19 | Prompts and options are on a ‘ loop ’ : eg tapping the ( Right ) direction key at the last prompt takes the cursor back to the first . |
| 20 | Klinsmann pulled a goal back in the 66th minute and Andreas Moeller scored the second 10 minutes from time . |
| 21 | Portugal pulled a goal back in the 56th minute when Fernando Couto headed in a corner from Paulo Futre but Italy wrapped up the game when Dino Baggio scored with a powerful 25-yard shot in the 73rd minute . |
| 22 | It started out as a means of protecting Parliamentary privilege and was probably first stated as a principle back in the 18th century by Willes J in Millar v Taylor . |
| 23 | The research is based on the assumption that most of the contemporary ideas on this crucial topic date back to the 19th century , and that some of them at any rate are by now dated . |
| 24 | Some date back to the 13th century , and The Sign of the Angel hotel was built in 1480 for a wool merchant . |
| 25 | The buildings of the farmhouse date back to the 17th century and are occupied , in part , by the present owner , the English speaking Signora Elena Mancini . |
| 26 | Mark Bright joined the Palace from Leicester City in November 1986 in a £75,000 deal and it was the goals from this cultured striker , along with those from partner Ian Wright , which took the Palace back to the 1st Division in 1989 , while also helping to make the twosome Palace 's top scorers in the League 's higher divisions , as well as one of the most prolific striking partnerships in the country at that time . |
| 27 | However , with the Palace back in the 3rd Division South in 1925 , Cec had what was certainly his best season with us and hit two hat-tricks among his tally of 19 goals , which made him our second highest scorer that term . |