Example sentences of "turn back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Turn back the flaps , allow the moisture time to dry , then brush a mastic compound on to the roof boards and press down the flaps firmly . |
| 3 | Nobody can seriously suggest that we turn back the clock entirely and return to the world of Constable 's Haywain , where there was a good deal of misery and hunger amidst all that beauty . |
| 4 | ‘ Is that also the reason you will assume Fergus 's mantle and go into the Far Future to bind the Apocalypse and turn back the Four Horsemen ? ’ |
| 5 | We stand there with two choices : either we turn back the way we came — which may be safer but ai n't gon na get us far — or we go straight ahead past the police van , pretending we are lawfully about our business . |
| 6 | Since then the country has been plunged into uncertainty as Compaor struggles to consolidate his power and turn back the clock . |
| 7 | Tonight , in a special report , we turn back the clock to 1963 . |