Example sentences of "or go back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no transport on the island , and to walk in perfect quiet along the little narrow roads , discovering wayside temples and little shrines ; meet a crowd of smiling , noisy children coming out of school ; or to go back to the quayside where fish , vegetables , cheap jewellery , sunglasses , cooked food , hot snacks were all being sold in the open air ; all this was a blissful change from the hectic atmosphere of the city . |
| 2 | It may be possible , while accepting the underlying general principle , to argue against its applicability to nuclear weapons : for instance , by saying that a nuclear bomb is not a chemical weapon as such , the poison gas being a mere incidental by-product ; or to go back to the fundamental prohibition of ‘ weapons that cause unnecessary suffering ’ and argue that the suffering caused by a nuclear weapon is not disproportionate to its military effectiveness . |
| 3 | If society is to impose extra burdens on farmers ' costs of production in order to preserve or go back to an idyllic view of the countryside , which may never have existed anyway , it must pay for it . |
| 4 | ‘ Are you going to stay here or go back to the Villa Fiesole ? ’ |
| 5 | Stay out here or go back into the classroom , she did n't want to be found out there if by any chance Miss Graining the Head came by . |
| 6 | ‘ I would hope if sufficient parents support me they will either postpone the tests until Easter , by which time the children will have some idea of what it is like , or go back to the previous system . |