Example sentences of "the [noun sg] back to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The historic decision came after Attorney-General Sir Nicholas Lyell referred the case back to Court of Appeal on the grounds that the sentence was ‘ unduly lenient ’ . |
| 2 | The switch back to Creole for the single word " though " is particularly striking . |
| 3 | Apart from confidence in the service , you 'll all want to get the Lab back to work . " |
| 4 | ‘ Well , Miss Hardbroom , ’ said Mr Hellibore , ‘ we can hardly send the girl back to school again after this act of heroism , now can we ? ’ |
| 5 | Education chairman Gideon Ben-Tovim said Option 3 took the council back to square one in its search for a long-term policy for special schools . |
| 6 | More important for the present discussion , however , was the spatial variability in both support for the strike over the full period and the rate of the drift back to work . |
| 7 | Three-putts at the disastrous 11th allowed Knebworth , who had beaten Essex colleagues Rochford Hundred 10 and 8 in the fourth round , to pull the score back to all-square with a six . |
| 8 | In a bizarre leadership contest had dug up a dead Davidian and challenged his rival Vernon to bring the body back to life . |
| 9 | Nothing , of course , can compare with the haunting experience of visiting Pompeii itself , where the work of bringing the town back to life continues . |
| 10 | This was the Hurlingham Club end of the court , and my patrol was along the front of the court , up Daisy Lane , to the junction with Fulham Palace Road , past the ‘ local ’ Six Bells , past the side of the Court , along the riverside back to base . |
| 11 | He wanted to take some things from the moon back to earth with him . |
| 12 | In a hectic 64th minute spell Collins headed the ball back to midfielder Martin Murray who completely fluffed a header and Gardiner raced in only to blast the ball over . |
| 13 | ‘ They 're Duke Michael 's men , and they 're coming to take the King back to Strelsau for the coronation . ’ |
| 14 | Polishing with a soft cloth will bring the surface back to life . |
| 15 | May I bring the assembly back to deliverance number three . |
| 16 | Rebecca ecstatically relayed the news back to base camp through her Japanese-built VHF radio , shouting : ‘ I 'm on top of the world ’ . |
| 17 | A few minutes later he sent the signal back to fleet of the now famous ‘ Tora ! |
| 18 | Scientists in France have found a new way to bring the past back to life . |
| 19 | There 's still unfortunately a great deal of history which is pegged to dates , and dates are very important to historians , but fortunately now there 's a lot of history which tries to bring the past back to life in some kind of way . |
| 20 | On the drive back to camp we were all rather happy , Jimmy in the front driving with me half asleep in the passenger seat , and Henry and Rosemary behind . |
| 21 | There is space at the waterfall for parking or a picnic , and here cars must be turned for the journey back to Dent . |
| 22 | Stephen was very quiet for the remainder of the journey back to Crystal Springs . |
| 23 | We note the direction of travel and radio the information back to base . |
| 24 | And when they had accidentally found , the Master had sworn , and his cousin Meredith had deliberately headed the fox back to earth . |
| 25 | He brought the doctor back to earth in Doctor Dolittle 's Return ( 1933 ) , and there was to be one last book , Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake , built round the story of the Flood with Dr Dolittle as a latter-day Noah . |
| 26 | I move that the item be referred to the Transportation and Highways Engineering Sub-Committee under standing order A twenty three for consideration and the decision and that the right to defer the matter back to Committee or and Council be removed . |
| 27 | My l Lord Mayor , I move , that the item be referred to the Housing and Environmental Protection Committee under standing order A twenty three for consideration and a decision and that the right to defer the matter back to Council be removed . |
| 28 | The transition back to work is easier , however , if individuals have worked previously and have skills to fall back on . |
| 29 | And yet , alighting in the sunshine from the trembling train I found myself in a space transfigured by the three stages of the passage through the underworld that is matinee cinema : the transition from day to night ; the day for night of the viewing ; the transition back to daylight . |
| 30 | During the early years of the transition back to democracy , politicians of the governing party moved repeatedly between ministerial posts , civil service appointments and management positions in public enterprises . |