Example sentences of "go back to the drawing " in BNC.

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1 One important thing about a ‘ bottlenecked ’ life cycle is that it makes possible the equivalent of going back to the drawing board .
2 He uses scientific methodology for both processes — forming hypotheses , testing them , and going back to the drawing board .
3 That , however , is of scant consequence to coach Brian Gilbert , who ruefully reflected : ‘ At this late stage of the season it should be about polishing off moves , not going back to the drawing board .
4 CAROLINE CLIFTON-MOGG goes back to the drawing boards
5 Electricity privatisation needs to go back to the drawing board .
6 Professor John Ashworth , vice-chairman of the committee of vice-chancellors and principals ( CVCP ) , also urged Mr MacGregor to use ‘ a heaven-sent opportunity to go back to the drawing board and look at the entire issue of how students are supported — grants , loans and fees . ’
7 Time to go back to the drawing board .
8 It 's been a very big step to use pressure flow studies at all , and now that we 're used to using pressure flow studies , we 're going to have to go back to the drawing board and perhaps learn to use a different kind of technology that 's ambulatory , that allows us
9 The present system may not be perfect but it has worked pretty well and would be capable of improvement and adjustment without the need to go back to the drawing board . ’
10 Ian Woosnam is debating whether to go back to the drawing board and change his putting style for today 's Honda Open in Hamburg .
11 She and her security advisers should go back to the drawing board .
12 They must go back to the drawing board and review the whole of youth training .
13 British Rail should go back to the drawing board , look at the line and the station together , and produce a new , properly worked out Bill that addresses both the line and the station .
14 A twin-engined fighter is a beast , I told Messerschmitt he should go back to the drawing board .
15 Let's go back to the drawing board and try something else .
16 It is a ludicrous situation and we should go back to the drawing board and start afresh . ’
17 They went back to the drawing room and settled down into the sofa to talk horses .
18 When engineers go back to the drawing board and create a new design , they do not necessarily throw away the ideas from the old design .
19 You have to discard the propeller engine and go back to the drawing board .
20 If the project does not get into gear now and if we go back to the drawing board , it will be decades before we get another scheme that is worked through to the present level .
21 It is er as I see it they 've gone back to the drawing board with where the bands are actually how it 's banded .
22 I note that the Opposition 's tax plans have gone back to the drawing board ; after five years of careful preparation , they have been ditched in a period of five weeks .
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