Example sentences of "[vb base] back the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | More importantly , both groups wittily peel back the scabs of modern pop until they form into mottled bruises . |
| 2 | We will back the regulators of the financial services industry in their efforts to achieve high standards while keeping the rule books down to manageable size . |
| 3 | We will back the work of the Broadcasting Standards Council and remain vigilant about ensuring high standards in satellite broadcasts from abroad . |
| 4 | Stones break open on the windswept high plateau and fires are lit to defy the bitter chill and summon back the rays of the sun god , Inti . |
| 5 | What with the addition of new capabilities to spreadsheets , and the advent of products which push back the frontiers of the electronic spreadsheet concept , it 's becoming a little difficult to draw a line between spreadsheet products and more elaborate financial modelling environments . |
| 6 | Literacy campaigns push back the boundaries of ignorance and give people more chance of controlling their own destiny . |
| 7 | The number of days lost through strikes is lower than at any time since 1979 , and people ought to know that Labour policies would sweep all that away and bring back the sort of industrial anarchy that existed in 1978-79 . |
| 8 | Nicholas Ridley was a political firebrand even keener than Mrs Thatcher to dismantle what he called the nanny state and roll back the effects of years of nationalisation . |
| 9 | Britain will be able to approach the European Community , and the critical period of our own presidency later this year , with determination to defend British interests and turn back the follies of the Euro-federalists , without the need for a constant backward eye upon political threats and divisions at home . |
| 10 | His programme — a heady mix of big spending and big cutting — may not cure Brazil 's inflation-fevered economy , slay the recession or win back the faith of foreign creditors . |
| 11 | Call back the sound of their voices . |
| 12 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
| 13 | With small fish tape back the corners of the bags so that there are no crannies into which the fish might wedge . |