Example sentences of "a return to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | advantage of both , then I think that a solution can be found , and that a return to normality in the case of the conquered sufficient to render existence bearable , honourable , and even enjoyable , can be secured . |
| 2 | Blundell foresees equivalent advantages in transgenic plants for foods , fibres , energy products , pharmaceuticals , organic chemicals and construction materials — in short a return to agriculture as a major source of raw materials . |
| 3 | The album has its moments , and some people — forever willing a return to greatness from Dylan — will no doubt say it 's a masterwork . |
| 4 | ROWAN Atkinson has hinted at a return to TV for the villainous Blackadder in a fifth series of misadventures . |
| 5 | The monitoring and control issues marked a return to consensus in the two groups ' assessments of how matters stood . |
| 6 | The situation in the Azerbaijan capital , Baku , remained generally quiet , however , and there was a return to work at the majority of enterprises closed since January 's general strike . |
| 7 | These included a return to work for those who had not been laid off , the re-employment of the sacked strikers next week and a final , binding decision by the arbitration body ACAS . |
| 8 | On June 17 the Council of Ministers secured from trade union representatives an agreement consolidating a no-strike understanding reached on June 9 , which had brought a return to work on June 10 . |
| 9 | The interviewer also needs to ensure that the potential expatriates have a clear idea of their careers and how an overseas posting followed by a return to work in the UK will aid their career paths . |
| 10 | It should be remembered that whilst such an action may accelerate a return to work in some cases , the use of an independent specialist has very positive advantages in confirming ( or otherwise ) a previous diagnosis and identifying our potential liability under the policy . |
| 11 | It is all spell-binding Gothic stuff : an empty hotel corridor , a fire , a return to realism with the dismissive studio boss , then back to fantasy with the product of Fink 's imagination . |
| 12 | No 4468 Mallard was being prepared for a return to steam for the 50th anniversary of its 1938 world record speed run . |
| 13 | They called for a return to democracy in Peru following the April presidential coup [ see pp. 38846-47 ] and declared themselves " profoundly preoccupied " by the political situation in Haiti and Cuba . |
| 14 | Justin Lekhanya , the Chairman of the ruling Military Council , on Feb. 23 , 1990 , announced a programme of political and economic reforms which included the immediate formation of two task forces headed by Foreign Minister Tom Thabane and Finance Minister Evaristus Retselisitsoe Sekhonyana respectively , the first to recommend a timetable for a return to democracy by June 1992 and the other to seek ways of streamlining expenditure and achieving efficiency in government or semi-state-owned enterprises . |
| 15 | Poverty compelled a return to advertising in the early 1940s but the work of this period is essentially derivative in that it borrows from the artist 's own paintings . |
| 16 | The true danger to English today , according to Mr Francis , is not a decline in standards from some mythical golden age in the 1930s or the eighteenth century , but that the National Curriculum will stifle imagination , and mark a return to over-emphasis on rigid expository forms . |
| 17 | Hun Sen , the prime minister , constantly emphasises in his election campaign that his government is the sole credible safeguard against a return to power by Pol Pot 's men . |
| 18 | The Phnom Penh government and its army are the only reliable safeguards against a return to power by the Khmers Rouges . |
| 19 | The talks covered the holding of elections in Cambodia , the prevention of a return to power by the Khmers Rouges , administration in the transitional period before elections , the restoration of peace and the country 's permanent neutrality , and the issue of US prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action ( POW-MIA ) . |
| 20 | Lini made known his intention to attempt a return to power in the national elections due before the end of 1991 . |
| 21 | ‘ You could call it a return to drama for the Plymouth , ’ say the organisers . |
| 22 | MR JOHN PATTEN , the new Education Secretary , has begun his term in office with a passionate condemnation of the godlessness of society and an appeal for a return to belief in good and evil . |
| 23 | It was widely believed that this provision had been specifically inserted to prevent a return to office by Ríos Montt , an evangelical Protestant who had come to power in the wake of a military coup and ruled as dictator from March 1982 to August 1983 [ see pp. 31605-07 ; 32494-96 ] . |
| 24 | A return to office by Labour after thirteen years of Conservative rule was becoming a distinct possibility . |
| 25 | And both of course climaxed a return to form by winning their respective championships last season . |
| 26 | Minnis aggravated a back problem during the Boat Club 's Belfast and District singles ' league title charge and has set his sights on a return to action at the Ulster Hardcourt championships at Windsor next month . |
| 27 | Runcorn midfielder Ian Brady , who has been sidelined by injury since the second game of the season , is set to make a return to action in a friendly against Poulton Vics at Canal Street tonight . |