Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] a return to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour proposes a return to bureaucracy and profligacy . |
| 2 | The preference shares will receive a 9% non-cumulative dividend and the prospectus indicates a return to investors ( including the profit share ) of between 12.65% and 19% , with a repayment of the original investment at the end of five years . |
| 3 | Here , in the Rose & Thistle Inn , in this prosperous trading-post that was the last port-of-call for traffic from Sydney , Mrs Gould 's journal reports a return to the familiar routine : ‘ employed all day making drawings ’ ( 24 September ) ; ‘ drawing all day ’ ; ‘ drew all day ’ ; while her labours were relieved by the occasional walk with her husband in the cool air of the early morning or evening : |
| 4 | ‘ People think that ecology means a return to the countryside , cows and sheep and trees and that sort of thing , but the conservation of energy is just as important in the towns , and back-to-backs are by their nature more energy efficient , ’ says Mr Lowman . |
| 5 | An Oxford don says a return to Victorian manners would lead to a better , more considerate society . |
| 6 | This in turn stimulates a return to the initial stage of ‘ intuitive grasping ’ , and a summing of consequent perceptions in a way reflective of Neisser 's ‘ perceptual cycle ’ . |
| 7 | Each public account makes a return to denial that much more difficult , validates other survivors , and challenges those of us who are not incest survivors to listen and understand . |