Example sentences of "is [verb] back from the " in BNC.

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1 The tax is claimed back from the Tax Office by either the college or the Association , or both .
2 If he takes an ( optical ) photograph of the wall he will have a snap of featureless plaster , as the light is reflected back from the surface and not from inside the structure .
3 For a classic fifties look short hair is combed back from the face .
4 It is set back from the road with a sweeping drive and an ornamental fish-pond in front , now stagnant .
5 This large , impressive hotel is set back from the main road in its own grounds , and clients can walk into Going or Ellmau in around 10–15 minutes .
6 Behind the church , which is set back from the main road and screened by trees , a sequestered lane soon passes the large hole of Hurtle Pot .
7 The house is set back from the main road and has wonderful views of the surrounding farmland .
8 The Tripodoro is set back from the road about 750 yards from the centre of quiet , easy-going Sportorno .
9 It is set back from the main road , has a small shopping centre and typically Italian lakeside cafés , and is linked to the other lake resorts by steamers .
10 Situated about half a mile from the centre of Riva , the Parc Hotel Flora is set back from the main road , next to a highly popular ice-cream parlour under the same management .
11 The hotel has wonderful gardens full of olive trees and is set back from the main lakeside road , about 700 yards from Brenzone .
12 The property is set back from the road behind a neat foregarden with tarmacadam driveway providing car parking on site and leading to the front entrance .
13 The property is set back from the road behind a stoned wall and a lawned garden with driveway leading to the front entrance .
14 And what this section will do is stand back from the particularity of today ( though continuing to use it as an example ) and ask why economies develop such geographical variation and why their geographies are subject to change .
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