Example sentences of "refer back [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNCED itself , however , was launched as a result of a UN General Assembly resolution passed in December 1989 [ see p. 37433 ] , which referred back to the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development chaired by the then Norwegian Prime Minister , Gro Harlem Brundtland [ see pp. 35227-29 ] . |
| 2 | This in turn referred back to the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development , commonly known as the Brundtland Commission after its chair , the then Norwegian Prime Minister , Mrs Gro Harlem Brundtland . |
| 3 | Speaking at the 1989 BEMAS Annual Conference , Martin Davies , Director of NCC , referred back to the early gloom and outrage , but then went on to say : ‘ What is remarkable is how little dissent and how little opposition there is now the overwhelming majority have accepted the idea of a National Curriculum . ’ |
| 4 | If the dieter feels she needs extra guidance or added structure to meal planning , she can always refer back to the suggested meals for good nutrition that we gave at the end of Chapter 4 . |
| 5 | However , the exhibition does not necessarily refer back to the previous event , and there is hardly ever a sense of continuing from where the previous exhibition left off . |
| 6 | It would be logical to expect an author to cite his thesis in his first related paper , so that readers could refer back to the original source . |
| 7 | and and I mean I I often refer back to the annual reports . |
| 8 | But then when you refer back to the original restraint imposed by the erm existing policy . |
| 9 | Thus " the engine " in ( 3 ) , ( 5 ) and ( 11 ) refers back to the engine introduced in ( 1 ) ; " the house " in ( 14 ) refers back to the low cottage introduced in ( 13 ) . |
| 10 | Yet the point , it 's a question really , which refers back to the last programme summary three , of the , the ninety four , ninety five base budget . |
| 11 | The same applies to the Committee 's use of the term " reality " which , when placed in significant opposition to " convention " , refers back to the same selective cultural parameters . |
| 12 | For example , in the sentence : Mary ate a banana and John did too , the verb-phrase -did too — refers back to the earlier verb-phrase — ate a banana . |
| 13 | The psalm refers back to the dreadful moment when the children of Israel , set free from Egypt , quarrelled with Moses about the lack of water , saying : ‘ Is the Lord among us or not ? ’ |
| 14 | Before the programme is finally adopted it has to be referred back to the European Parliament for a second time . |
| 15 | A number of test cases on Sunday trading and the possible conflict with the treaty of Rome have already come before the European Court and all have been referred back to the various countries involved . |
| 16 | She was referred back to the medical clinic after a few months with the same clinical findings . |
| 17 | Twenty-five per cent of decisions reviewed were changed , 57% were referred back to the local office and in 18% of cases the original decision was confirmed . |
| 18 | erm how long this system will go on for , well in order to be able to refer back to the nineteen nineties , who knows we might , neither of us might be here |
| 19 | To refer back to the above example , the statements selected could not exhaust all the possible statements that could have been used . |
| 20 | A week later it is evident that Fox-type gear was coming into common usage with no need to refer back to the specific case — ‘ a teenage girl was seized by two men wearing ‘ fox-style ’ balaclavas and raped at knife-point ’ ( London Evening Standard ) . |
| 21 | The view expressed by Lawani & Bayer , that self-citations are used as an ego-enhancement , can not be tested in the present case , and should be rejected in the absence of evidence , because it is essential for an author to be able to refer back to the unpublished parts of theses . |
| 22 | One of the most common patterns of establishing chains of reference in English and a number of other languages is to mention a participant explicitly in the first instance , for example by name or title , and then use a pronoun to refer back to the same participant in the immediate context . |
| 23 | Referring back to the aggregate supply curve derivation in Fig. 10–5 , it is that is usually attributed to the Keynesians . |
| 24 | Here we collect the different methods into a systematic list , referring back to the other chapters for examples . |
| 25 | By referring back to the earlier documents it was obvious that Coopers had agreed with Peats and disagreed with Deloittes . |
| 26 | He had the good lecturer 's habit of referring back to the previous lecture , and looking forward to the next , so that the course flowed smoothly on . |
| 27 | Referring back to the main circuit diagram , Fig. 2 , resistor R5 can be seen to be the charge resistor for capacitor C3 , whilst a rapid discharge occurs predominantly through R6 . |