Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These conflicts , he contended , although highlighted in the differences between the Western Marxism of Lukács and the orthodoxy of Marxist-Leninism , could be traced back to the work of Marx himself . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm surprised she did n't put in a gold locket or something , or a precious necklace that could be traced back to royalty , or the aristocracy , or the Sultan of Kashmir , or the Pope . ’ |
| 3 | On that occasion three miles of slums were levelled as a pathway along which the stranded plane could be dragged back to the International Airport runway . |
| 4 | Although the advance tax would be payable on the special dividends , it could be clawed back under the Chancellor 's proposed scheme . |
| 5 | It stated that anyone who moved into a property valued at less that £10 a year could be sent back to the place where he or she was last legally settled if they were likely to become chargeable to the poor rates . |
| 6 | Administrative assistant — the accuracy of the checking procedure , ie the number of errors undetected at this stage that could be referred back by the personnel section or the finance department . |
| 7 | Does my hon. Friend agree that such an arrangement would not only broaden the health services already made available to patients but achieve financial savings that could be ploughed back into the provision of other services ? |
| 8 | Some parents fear their children could be moved back into mainstream education to compete on unfair terms with normal children . |
| 9 | So Montblanc began to specialize in the Safety pen , in which the whole nib section could be screwed back into the barrel , thereby sealing the ink container like a cork in a bottle . |
| 10 | In the age of imperialism , an older model of history based on the rise and fall of empires could be projected back onto the fossil record to justify the world-wide expansion of modern Europeans . |
| 11 | The Embassy was trying to have the bodies released so that they could be flown back to England for burial . |
| 12 | Thus London Rolling Stone 's product could be fed back to the West Coast parent . |
| 13 | He could be knocked back on his heels , but never for long . |
| 14 | Well the quickest way of doing is that those officers who are remaining in office erm could be voted back into office and then we can have a vote on on the others those that are unopposed as it were . |
| 15 | If all goes well , the peregrine could be released back into the wild in 3 months time . |
| 16 | Sometimes the excess products could be released back onto the market , but at other times they were sold abroad at a loss or simply destroyed . |
| 17 | The mill could be put back into full working order with a minimum of effort , should the need ever arise . |
| 18 | Beyond these factors were the numerical weakness and cultural backwardness of the working class , the low average productivity of labour ( even if the factories could be put back to work ) , the vastness of the land area and the isolation of its rural inhabitants , the barbaric inheritance of Tsarism — all in comparison with the exiguous forces of the Bolshevik party . |
| 19 | This would eliminate the worst cases of cruelty and would substantially reduce the number of whales killed , as only those beached would be gaffed and killed , and the rest could be driven back to sea . |
| 20 | Constitutional development could be thrown back to before 1965 , with the Queen exercising the prerogative of choice based on the best advice available to her . |
| 21 | The hugely distended stomach had to be decompressed before it could be returned back into the abdomen , and the defect in the left hemidiaphragm ( 6×5 cm ) was repaired with 2–0 silk sutures . |
| 22 | Following studies by Eastern Region 's engineers , a new tracklaying strategy was introduced in 1987 whereby — with the use of a new machine called the Dynamic Track Stabiliser — tracks could be handed back by 06.00 on Monday morning at the full 125mph line speed , eliminating the need for a temporary speed restriction and associated recovery time allowance . |
| 23 | The main part of the building faced the lake , and the half-glassed partition of the western wall could be rolled back in decent weather to allow a dozen or more tables to be set in the open air , right out over the water . |
| 24 | But there was some evidence from the launch of the Mail on Sunday that the missing readers could be lured back by new papers . |
| 25 | In this way , provided they are given guidance on the type and volume of work expected , schools could be brought back into the mainstream of assessing their own pupils ' work instead of being totally dependent on the success or failure of the guessing games they play with the examiner . |
| 26 | Faced with this conflict of views , Anselm expressed his own view that , despite the pope 's opinion , the altar could be brought back into use after simple reconsecration . |
| 27 | However , there are 26,000 empty council houses , a considerable portion of which could be brought back into use . |