Example sentences of "[vb infin] back on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , where negotiation fails , the parties must fall back on the law , and their rights and liabilities will then be governed by the terms of their contract . |
| 2 | does it make any sense , like you could at least sort of fall back on the toilet or something . |
| 3 | She let her head fall back on the pillow , her body arching in swift sensuousness , inviting and inciting the continuation of his caresses . |
| 4 | If we ca n't see anything more unusual suppose we could always fall back on the bubble baths or the anyway I think that 's a bit more than but there you go . |
| 5 | To measure sincerity in weapons proved very difficult , and so , from time to time , the American delegation would fall back on the mantra of peace , peace to which only Iraq was the obstacle , peace in which all these obsessions about the latest arms and the best would be redundant . |
| 6 | If his education were below that of his audience he could not fall back on the validity of the Sacraments he administered for support . |
| 7 | Something in her voice made him ease back on the throttle , decide not to pass the Renault Turbo lorry he 'd been stalking . |
| 8 | Following the inquiry 's recommendations , in February 1989 , the Secretary of State issued a Circular on the discharge of patients from hospital ( HC(89)5 ) , and in September 1990 followed this with the Circular on the care programme approach , stating that from April 1991 all patients leaving hospital should be the subjects of care programmes , and that in September 1991 regions should report back on the implementation of this policy . |
| 9 | You 've got to watch that you see , did it revolve back on the children . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |
| 11 | Thomas could now look back on the papers he had begun , or completed and sold in his first two terms , as ‘ vain stuff ’ but he continued to write verses , which were sent to Harry and Helen . |
| 12 | I believe that in 100 years people will look back on the middle of the twentieth century as a nightmare period when mankind suddenly discovered the means to destroy itself , and was seriously considering using this as a preferable alternative to reconciling differing political views . |
| 13 | It is a complacent researcher indeed who does not look back on the research findings and wish that some things had been done better . |
| 14 | AQUARIUS — IN TIME to come Aquarians will look back on the period between mid-1991 and the end of 1993 as a watershed . |
| 15 | In which case , the British public may look back on the era of scarcity as a golden age of broadcasting . |
| 16 | Do n't lean back on the chairs . |
| 17 | Unless you cut back on road building , you do n't cut back on the car , unless you invest in public transport , you do n't get people to use it . |
| 18 | Well if the Conservatives got in would you cut back the money allocated to recreation and would you cut back on the recreation services ? |
| 19 | Although the lines are available for both voice and data traffic , if there is a particularly large amount of data traffic the system will automatically cut back on the number of phone calls allowed on the WAN . |
| 20 | You could , you could go back on the Permitabs if you want . |
| 21 | And they 'll go back on the road before that happens . |
| 22 | Wood engravings can accompany type , and so once again pictures could go back on the page ; they were also very durable , so that runs of hundreds of thousands were possible . |
| 23 | And we never did go back on the payroll after that . |
| 24 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
| 25 | Erm so it 's worth doing that we I , cos I was gon na go I was gon na go Thursday and just come back on the Monday but as it is now we 'll go Wednesday and have Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday night , so we 'll come back on the Monday . |
| 26 | ‘ It was always planned he would come back on the bus , but when the usual head count was made for the return journey we , of course , had the same number as when we started out — without Kenny . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Might as well get back on the road . |
| 28 | As Mr Day points out : ‘ To the small and medium sized company , all accountants are very much the same and , with the increasing competition from certified and unqualified accountants , I do n't believe that at the lower end of the market chartered accountants will ever get back on the pedestal in the same way they used to be . |
| 29 | Whether this one could get back on the screen , I do n't know . |
| 30 | Whether this one could get back on the screen , I do n't know . |