Example sentences of "back to the old [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wo n't do away with them , no but cos they , they 're trying to do away with the National Dock Labour Board and come back to the old system . |
| 2 | The big improvement with the council tax is that we 've gone back to the old system which is 100% rebates for those classified on low income . |
| 3 | they should of , go back to the old system that they took the man 's wage in , only into consideration |
| 4 | Burton said that he had promised to go back to the Old Vic for £45 a week to do Hamlet , and he was sticking to it . |
| 5 | Back to the Old Vic . |
| 6 | They always look back to the old smokestack industries . |
| 7 | We talked back and forth and eventually went back to the old Sun studio and did a few tracks down there . |
| 8 | Going back to the old trams . |
| 9 | at Christmas time 193 1 I had a table of gold , hoping that it might in some way draw us all back to the old gold standard again gold lame tablecloth , old white Mennecey china , many yellow roses . |
| 10 | Maybe the tide will start to turn shortly as the avant-garde begin to lead the way back to the old traditions . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've gone back to the old gods , in defiance to the Church . ’ |
| 12 | Do not go back to the old gods . ’ |
| 13 | In the morning , though our route lay the other way , I insisted on going back to the old station for one more look . |
| 14 | And it 's gone back to the old prices . |
| 15 | CHAIRMAN Sir Peter Parker was doing his best , but the 1980s opened with much the same worries of insecurity over government policy , lack of investment , and working practices which harked back to the old company rules . |
| 16 | As his eyes went back to the old lady , she saw the smile turn on again , and quick suspicion kindled in her breast . |
| 17 | And so we 're back to the old problem . ’ |
| 18 | Which brings us back to the old problem , ’ she finished on a slightly bitter note . |
| 19 | When a suitable site for a new hive is found the bees have to learn its location and get rid of their earlier learned behaviour of flying back to the old hive . |
| 20 | Indeed when times get bad things are often better for them as people turn back to the old faiths . |
| 21 | Having met him at the station on 3 December , a Tuesday , we walked back to the Old parsonage , in St Giles 's ( now a hotel ) , where Michael Cullis had pleasant lodgings . |
| 22 | He would have escorted her back to the Old Rectory and then , a minor social obligation performed , turned with relief to walk alone to the abbey , drawing his solitude around him like a cloak . |
| 23 | It 's it 's er , the travellers tradition and it goes back to the old tradition of the Scottish people as well |
| 24 | Another , another thing you can do for Easter , another thing is , er you can go back to the old tradition of the pay sex |
| 25 | Well I mean now basically the ri er the question about a riff-raff is er just back to the old idea whether you 're going too far or whether |
| 26 | ‘ It goes back to the old OSS days and the crusade we were running against Hitler along with your SOE and Dot Tuckey and people like that . |
| 27 | I understand that it is possible , even at this late stage , that the review itself could be overturned by the refusal of France to agree the new allocation of seats and we 've already had an exchange on that , Mr Deputy Speaker , which indicates that whatever we decide today might actually be overthrown and overturned completely by the inability of the French to ratify their part of the arrangement , er the minister referred to it as a massive inconvenience , I suggest that if we have to resort to going back to the old boundaries to fight these elections and indeed the problems that that will cause for the selection of candidates as well , that that will be one of the greatest understatements that even this house has heard . |
| 28 | The Smiths recorded three John Peel sessions in the preceding months , comprising ‘ This Charming Man ’ , ‘ Handsome Devil ’ , ‘ Reel Around The Fountain ’ , ‘ Back To The Old House ’ , ‘ Still Ill ’ , ‘ What Difference Does It Make ’ and ‘ This Night Has Opened My Eyes ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I would love to go back to the old house … |
| 30 | The only time he perks up is when we go back to the old house for meetings with the estate agent . |