Example sentences of "[to-vb] back the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Abbey National 's deputy chairman , John Bayliss , said the decrease in mortgage interest relief is unlikely to hold back the recovery in the housing market . |
| 2 | In the past , the relatively unsophisticated consumer market and a dependence on cheap office giveaways at Christmas tended to hold back the market in the UK ( as opposed to more sophisticated markets in the US and Europe ) . |
| 3 | Civil war was averted , but while the 120-strong squadron of cavalry were able to hold back the rioters in Aÿ , they were unwilling to engage their fellow citizens in open conflict and failed to prevent the mob from sacking and burning the premises of Ayala , Bissinger and Deutz & Geldermann in Aÿ . |
| 4 | Of the soft woods pine is good , and larch as well if you in a hurry for a blaze and prepared to roll back the hearth-rug in preparation for the spectacular fusillade . |
| 5 | Attempts to roll back the state in industry ( as well as welfare ) seemed a hopeless task . |
| 6 | In 1991 it passed a packaging ordinance that imposes an obligation on companies to take back the packaging in which goods are transported and sold . |