Example sentences of "are [vb pp] back to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation ( CPR ) conjures up the image of a frenetic ( often chaotic ) and emotive scene where the dying are brought back to life . |
| 2 | Flow rates through the denitrification filter have to be carefully monitored ; too fast and nitrates are converted back to nitrate ; too slow and deadly hydrogen sulphide with its distinctive rotten eggs smell is produced . |
| 3 | It is because a low tax regime is a stimulus to effort , a way of ensuring that the British economy works effectively and that people are put back to work . |
| 4 | Subjects are taken back to childhood by being put in nappies , bottle-fed and alternately shouted at and hugged , which leaves them feeling helpless and vulnerable . |
| 5 | But staff say it would be hypocritical to welcome her to a place where foxes injured by hounds are nursed back to health . |