Example sentences of "to return to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It may take as long as an hour to return to port .
2 In the last few years , cars have been banned from parking in the central areas , and seats and plants have appeared in an attempt to return to tradition .
3 I feel it needs a few points tidied up such as data entry checking , i.e. only allowing a maximum of 8 characters to be typed into a date field and being able to press Esc to return to menu at any time during data entry .
4 First name Surname Form Author 's name Book title Type in data in the order given pressing RETURN after each item PRESS " ESCAPE " TO RETURN TO MENU Option 4 gives a status report and is useful in collecting statistics on the use of the library over a period of two years .
5 Dorothea allowed herself to make a pot of tea , in her dressing gown , and carry it back upstairs , to enjoy over the newspaper and any letters there might be , though she did not allow herself to return to bed .
6 Then , not wanting to return to bed , she made herself comfortable in the wicker armchair , her eyes gazing on her husband 's sleeping face .
7 ‘ Gina is anxious to return to bed , I think , ’ Lotta taunted smilingly , lifting her glass towards him .
8 The ability to return to education at later stages in one 's life is something that is very important and I hope will be encouraged .
9 A TECHNICAL failure on the space shuttle Atlantis has given anti-nuclear activists time to return to court for a second attempt to prevent the space craft 's launch , which they believe risks raining radioactive material over Florida .
10 The officials were charged with kidnap and assault and were ordered to return to court in October .
11 A short order may be made , for example , to give a parent the opportunity to return to court with legal representation .
12 A TOWN in Peru is in an uproar over a legend that a Blackburn woman buried there is a vampire who has vowed to return to life tomorrow to seek revenge .
13 Opposition Members want to return to common-sense methods of running the economy , encouraging investment and skills .
14 An unknown capacitance can be determined by connecting it across YZ and finding the change in C s needed to return to resonance .
15 Joey plans to return to school and dreams of writing about the wild scenes he witnessed at Seth 's house — ‘ La Traviata in New Orleans , man , ’ he says .
16 The NECC 's first initiative , echoed by Nelson Mandela on his first day out of gaol , was to urge all children to return to school .
17 We used to return to school at half-past one in the afternoons and precisely at 1.32p.m .
18 She would be able to return to school within 2 or weeks , but would be advised not to take part in any sports for several weeks after that .
19 Morbidity was also considerably less , with 37 of 40 ( 93% ) patients having no postoperative discomfort and being able to return to school soon after surgery compared with 16 of 35 ( 46% ) who were circumcised .
20 Girls usually leave Arbour after twelve months , having taken their exams and any girls who , for instance , come in the third year at school are required to return to school afterwards .
21 She wanted to go back to England , to return to school , but she could n't .
22 He urged pupils disaffected with the system to return to school .
23 The young person who , unfortunately , reaches the age of 16 after July 2 has now to return to school for another year and will be almost 17 years of age whenever they leave .
24 A BRAVE schoolboy who overcame a devastating illness to return to school and pass his exams is to receive a prestigious Champion Children Award .
25 He has ‘ not been inclined ’ to return to company work since : ‘ The great thing here is that you can do anything film , radio , theatre , television .
26 Privatization has achieved better ways of running the transport industries and there is today no serious movement in any of them to return to state control .
27 FORMER North British Railway 0-6-0 Maude is expected to return to steam on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway later this summer .
28 Moves to return to management the right to manage , increasingly eroded by trade unions and governments during the post-war period , have been encouraged .
29 Our group of women training to return to management have been finding out
30 When boys reach puberty , in primitive societies today as in ancient Greece , a group of them will go away into the mountains , jungle , or other hostile environment to undergo hardship and trials which , if successfully endured , allow them to return to society at a higher level , as adults .
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