Example sentences of "back on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian began to complain of muscle pains and was put back on a low dose papaveretum infusion ( 2–4mg/hr ) . |
| 2 | Collins should know — he can now look back on a managerial career which spanned Huddersfield , Hull City and Barnsley . |
| 3 | After the second course he was back on a normal diet , gaining weight rapidly . |
| 4 | But I 'm getting a , I 'd , I 'd , I 'm up to normal now , I 've got everything back on a normal par I think . |
| 5 | It sets out , by example as well as by direct command , the differences between right and wrong , so that the man who measures his conduct by Bible standards gains from it both " reproof " when he is in the wrong and " correction " to set him back on a right course . |
| 6 | Devlin said , ‘ In forty-one , I got back on a neutral boat , a Brazilian cargo ship from Ireland that put in at Lisbon , but that 's a tricky one . |
| 7 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 8 | You 've got , again , a much more stable population , there are n't nearly so many teachers , young women teachers who leave the system to get married and then perhaps do n't go back at all , or only go back on a part-time basis . |
| 9 | In practice , however , they often fall back on a similar analysis ( Sarup , 1986 , pp. 40 , 95–8 ) . |
| 10 | Peter O'Toole 's happiest hour as the Soho scribe looking back on a mis-spent life . |
| 11 | Statement B seems to admit the greatest amount of contingency into the determination of outcomes , but nevertheless still falls back on a tendential law to explain how racism is reproduced . |
| 12 | I was relieved to find my protege still motionless underneath his breeze block , so I picked him up , showed him the food and then laid him back on a fresh bed made from the local evening paper . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , a party from the castle across the Forth , they gathered it up and it was taken back on a royal barge . ’ |
| 14 | In 1987 the UK Government went back on a pre-election promise to introduce Landscape Conservation Orders to protect these areas , so proper control from the EEC would be most welcome . |
| 15 | I mean they , they both firmly saying they 're coming back on a full time basis , |
| 16 | It was really too cold for the clothes I had brought , so I fell back on a recommended resource . |
| 17 | Pupils can often fall back on a circular argument such as : Why is the relationship linear ? |
| 18 | A company enters into a sale and finance leaseback agreement with its pension fund , to sell the fund the company 's headquarters at its current fair market value and then lease it back on a 25 year finance lease . |
| 19 | LOOKING back on Northern Ireland as it was when the troubles started is uncannily like looking back on a silent movie . |
| 20 | Having built their cult reputation four years back on a rib-tickling broadside against bar-room self-aggrandisement called ‘ Preposterous Tales In The Life Of Ken McKenzie ’ and the hilariously deadpan ‘ Three English Football Grounds ’ , this South London duo now augment their tinny beatbox-plus-guitar formula with throbbing keyboard moodscapes as in current single ‘ We Stand Around ’ , the most unnerving paean to soccer obsessives ever recorded . |
| 21 | It was at this point that I decided to put her back on a loose creance , so that she could approach the lure from whatever direction she pleased . |
| 22 | And they 'll get back on a winning streak by putting the ‘ Ell back in Elland Road — just like it was in the glory days of super manager Don Revie and hard-man skipper Billy Bremner . |
| 23 | In the process we may fall back on an idealized view of our own society , or take our cue from generalized impressions of ‘ Western ’ experience . |
| 24 | Rather than fall back on an increased emphasis upon managerialism based upon hierarchy and control , the Education Reform Acts should be regarded as an opportunity to review , not just in a coping way but in a maximising way , the management structures and processes of our schools . |
| 25 | Undeterred , he kept his gaze averted , saying quietly , ‘ I have something here which may yet put the company back on an upward spiral . |
| 26 | Desperately she tried to get the conversation back on an impersonal footing . |
| 27 | Now Sky , with promised aggressive coverage , can put it back on an equal footing with the other competitions , although a more compelling argument for reviving the Sunday afternoon walk in the country it is hard to imagine . |
| 28 | Now Sky , with promised aggressive coverage , can put it back on an equal footing with the other competitions , although a more compelling argument for reviving the Sunday afternoon walk in the country it is hard to imagine . |