Example sentences of "back to [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The history of the mill can be traced back to 1710 but quite possibly there may have been an older mill on the same site . |
| 2 | Within a week , she was back to normal but now it 's happened again and I feel anxious to know more about it . |
| 3 | This was discussed with the Jones who resolutely maintained that now that ‘ the problem ’ was solved they were going back to normal and apart from the period of intervention they had not changed what they did at all . |
| 4 | Continue using the treatment every two weeks until your hair is back to normal and then use it occasionally to pamper yourself and to maintain the condition . |
| 5 | For years , US judges have relied on the standard , dating back to 1923 and too often honoured in the breach , defining admissible evidence as that which derives from methods of inquiry that are ‘ generally accepted ’ by the scientific community . |
| 6 | One of the country 's foremost insurance underwriters , with roots dating back to 1720 and currently handles assets exceeding £8,500 million , Guardian Royal Exchange has an excellent reputation for courteous and prompt service . |
| 7 | As the great surge of modernism finally seemed to grind to a halt , artists and public were apparently offered two choices : either to celebrate postmodern confusion , or to turn back to older and more insular traditions . |
| 8 | ‘ We recall the long established principle of the UK Parliament , stretching back to 1860 and before , and reasserted even during the dark days of the Second World War , against taxing knowledge , reading , ideas and the demand for literacy and information . |
| 9 | According to Bernard , as there was a long and well-established tradition of acceptability of anti-predestinarian theology going back to 1559 and beyond , the events of the 1630s did not represent any sea-change in the doctrinal position of the English church . |
| 10 | Having seen and made many changes in their time , the Kings retired five years ago — though only as far as next door , and the sign above the shop still says King , maintaining the links back to 1870 and before . |