Example sentences of "'s return to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preparations started in 1984 to return No 4468 Mallard to full working order for the fiftieth anniversary of its record–breaking run in 1988. 1986 saw the locomotive 's return to steam in original streamlined condition . |
| 2 | Though many analysts believe the desire for Marcos 's return to be based on Filipino culture and tradition , others feel Marcos 's 20 years of corrupt rule has produced a psychologically damaged people . |
| 3 | The latest move comes a day after Ke Zaishuo , the senior Peking representative to the Joint Liaison Group — the Anglo-Chinese body overseeing Hong Kong 's return to mainland sovereignty in 1997 — blamed Britain for the crisis of confidence in the territory after the Chinese army assault on Tiananmen Square . |
| 4 | Best believes Brady 's return to the fold would enhance the prospects of Irish success in Italy , but the most gifted Irish footballer of his generation insisted last night that there was no question of him changing his mind and resuming his international career . |
| 5 | MAN UTD v SHEFF WED Ince has recovered from a groin strain and United are unchanged for Ron Atkinson 's return to Old Trafford . |
| 6 | Harry 's return to the sources at wishwood seems very much a return to the Frazenan wood , when |
| 7 | Mansell 's return to Williams ended with gearbox failure before half the distance ( above left ) . |
| 8 | Mr Boesky 's return to his old haunts comes with four months of his sentence still to run . |
| 9 | Yet after 7,000 invading American troops had swept away the revolutionaries , Blaize was imposed by the US and its Caribbean allies as the harmless head of a reluctant coalition of squabbling younger politicians , a half-respected figure from the past who might block the eccentric Gairy 's return to power at the polls . |
| 10 | Most chose the Gothic route , whether it was Ruskin 's preferred Italian medieval Gothic or William Morris 's and Philip Webb 's return to English rural traditionalism . |
| 11 | Churchill 's return to power had an immediate and dramatic effect upon Anglo-American relations . |
| 12 | So on March 26th Saudi Arabia signalled Iran 's return to international respectability by resuming the diplomatic relations that had been broken in 1987 after an appalling incident at Mecca when 400 pilgrims , most of them Iranian , were killed . |
| 13 | The first condition for South Africa 's return to the Olympics was that apartheid laws should be eradicated ; it looks as though that will be met . |
| 14 | The first was Helen 's return to 6 Patten Road for a ten-day holiday before she began work in London as governess to Horst , the young son of M. and Mme Roman who lived at the Hotel Metropole . |
| 15 | After that Charles gave a wide berth to The Antelope , Chester Square , and until Clarissa 's return to London , even his own flat . |
| 16 | The events which led to this began on 30 June 1925 when the coal owners decided that they would abolish the national minimum wage , cut wages by about 10 per cent in order to compensate for the government 's return to the gold standard with a reflated pound , and to maintain standard profits no matter how low wages fell . |
| 17 | Between them these two young women filled the vacuum of French life in the dying days of the Fourth Republic awaiting De Gaulle 's return to power . |
| 18 | Karajan 's return to music-making and recording in 1946–7 was brought about with the help of Legge and , at much the same time , the great Italian conductor Victor de Sabata , another man totally given over to music but whom the whirligig of public opinion had rightly exonerated despite extensive war work in both Italy and Germany in front of audiences of all manner of political persuasions . |
| 19 | In any event , unlike the autumn of 1557 , the time was now certainly ripe for the peculiar inspiration of John Knox , the man who , in the words of the English diplomat Randolph , ‘ is able in one hour to put more life into us than five hundred trumpets continually blustering in our ears ’ , and who would later be described by the same diplomat in 1561 , a week after Mary 's return to Scotland , as the preacher who ‘ thundereth out of the pulpit … he ruleth the roast , and of him all men stand in fear ’ . |
| 20 | Northampton 's return to challenging for top honours was brought about by a complete overhaul of the club 's structure both on and off the field . |
| 21 | Amid the general rejoicing at South Africa 's return to international sport , there is a reservation in my mind . |
| 22 | Such a viewpoint is mirrored in the legal procedures , which put an emphasis on a child 's return to school via sanctions against parents as the solution to individual cases of truancy . |
| 23 | The collection of cars and related objects gradually increased and , on Mike 's return to England , came with him . |
| 24 | Mozart , with plans made for his departure to Paris and his mother 's return to Salzburg , became attached to a young singer , Aloysia Weber , daughter of Fridolin Weber , a violinist , singer and copyist at the Mannheim court . |
| 25 | Especially after McCann 's return to Derry , the NILP contained a number of talented writers and speakers . |
| 26 | Away from the slightly protected environment of her parents ' home , Dawn 's return to independent life was complete . |
| 27 | Hughie Gallacher 's move to Chelsea in the '30s ; Peter Marinello 's transfer from Hibs to Arsenal in the '60s , and Frank McAvennie 's return to West Ham are positive proof that the Soho night is enchanting to high-living Scots . |
| 28 | In spite of his size , and like many big strikers , Dave was a sensitive fellow and pre-match tension was a real problem for him in his earlier days , but he overcame that worry successfully and went on to make a substantial and positive contribution to Palace 's return to the big-time , before moving to Derby County in a £400,000 deal in the spring of 1980 . |
| 29 | Injuries reduced his availability in 1988–89 but he captained The Eagles through the following season upon the club 's return to Division One , while also scoring vital goals against Portsmouth and at Cambridge in our tremendous run to the 1990 FA Cup Final , where his performances impressed observers . |
| 30 | John Piper 's return to Australia brought a sudden and unexplained improvement in his fortunes . |