Example sentences of "going back [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At each stage of their return to the sea , they became specialised to their particular habitat , some going back into freshwater rivers , others frequenting shallow coastal waters or the deep oceans . |
| 2 | Weeping from fatigue when bringing coals up , singing for joy then going back with empty baskets . |
| 3 | Upon a sale of land the purchaser is normally entitled to have produced to him and to investigate the deeds recording previous transactions in the land going back for fifteen years ( Law of Property Act 1969 : formerly the period was thirty years ) ; and though this period is sometimes reduced by agreement , the shortening of the period throws a risk on the purchaser , who is not only bound by all legal interests in the land which actually exist whether he discovers them or not , but also by all equitable interests which he would have discovered if he had insisted on an investigation for the longer period . |
| 4 | Those who had time also diligently collected their most important legal documents — the deeds of ownership to property , the maps of their orange groves and fields , their tax returns and their identity papers going back to Ottoman times — and packed them into bags and tins along with family heirlooms and jewellery and their front door keys . |
| 5 | There is an even older architectural tradition , going back to Roman times . |
| 6 | " Yes , oysters — going back to Roman times . |
| 7 | If this involves going back to first principles , then however removed they may be from our present experience , we have a responsibility to go back . |
| 8 | He first demonstrated his taste for going back to first principles as a student at Brown University in the late 1960s . |
| 9 | In the current era of food surpluses , efforts are being made to reduce production , both by political manoeuvre ( e.g. set aside and diversification ) and a return to sustainable systems of agriculture which are perceived as going back to traditional methods . |
| 10 | She said she had not heard that British scientists wanted to return him to Arctic waters , but warned that going back to cold temperatures , coupled with the need to hunt for food again , would be fatal . |
| 11 | Where the arable trail demonstrates how conservation and modern farming techniques can flourish side by side , Cow Wood , with a history going back to medieval times , emphasises the environmental importance of well-managed woodland and is a logical extension of the Bovingdon Hall concept . |
| 12 | I think how you do it is very is a very different matter , particularly when you still have very many schools , for example , who erm take the registers — going back to basic things . |
| 13 | ‘ It is a place for Freikultur , not what you call nudism but … a liberation of the body , a going back to natural things … |
| 14 | I sat in an armchair with a copy of Punch and pretended to read it , but my eyes kept going back to those lips and that tiny corner of pink tongue and I was in a turmoil . |
| 15 | Because erm even going back to those days it was the bright ones that were pushed forward and the the sort of dog take the hinder most sort of thing you know . |
| 16 | So just going back to these 'ates , sulphate has got sulphur and oxygen in it , a carbonate has got what ? |
| 17 | But as you look at it nowadays you can see if they were going back to these days would we still have the same interest . |
| 18 | Such models and sub-cultures tend to be conservative because they are part of a process of long-term cultural transmission , going back through previous cohorts and even generations . |
| 19 | Why should the people of Lambeth be subjected to savage bills because their local authority fails to collect rents , the community charge , and even outstanding rates arrears going back over many years ? |
| 20 | Going back over previous months ' editions , I found the following : |
| 21 | I 'm going back in three days . ’ |