Example sentences of "return to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But £2.5 million of extra work booked in May — with no dithering — gives Foden the sense that , now the initial shock of the slump has worn off , business is returning to its normal rhythms , albeit in a lower key . |
| 2 | In the late and post-Roman periods , this commercial economy was disrupted and abandoned , returning to its former subsistence level . |
| 3 | De Gaulle was often depicted as a Don Quixote tilting at windmills or King Canute trying to turn back the waves , while the reality was that France was a middle-sized power with no prospect of returning to its Napoleonic glories . |
| 4 | A glance at the Tour map shows how the race starts in Spain and travels through Belgium , Holland , Luxembourg and Germany before returning to its traditional territory . |
| 5 | Standard car 40 is the pride of the Crich workshops and provides the Centenary logo before returning to its native system in 1985 . |
| 6 | Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium . |
| 7 | When the opera and ballet company 's home town of Leningrad reverted last year to St Petersburg , the Kirov hoped to follow suit by returning to its old name . |
| 8 | On the River Severn , the otter is returning to its old haunts , with colonies spreading from Wales all the way down to Gloucestershire . |
| 9 | With the new gallery Colnaghi 's is , in a sense , returning to its historical roots : in 1783 Paul Colnaghi was running Anthony Torre 's establishment , selling works of art at premises on the rue du Faubourg St-Honoré ; in 1784 he came to London . |
| 10 | On top of all this , there is some risk that the Soviet Union is returning to its hardline ways , which might include tilting back to Iraq . |
| 11 | She tested it with the concept of Henrietta , and yes , undoubtedly it responded , changing its frequency to an angry buzz before returning to its smooth hum . |
| 12 | Local villagers are prepared to sacrifice their lives rather than move to the inadequate , drought-prone resettlement areas ; many who moved to the resettlement areas in past years are now returning to their threatened villages . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never understood why you want to keep it a secret — I wish I did , ’ Miranda said , returning to their perennial source of disagreement . |
| 14 | A few years ago , Michael was asked by the BBC to take part in a series which featured famous people returning to their first jobs . |
| 15 | For their honeymoon Tracey and Billy spent a week in Tenerife before returning to their new home in Johnstone . |
| 16 | Both Gerrard and his opposite number Bryan Gunn made outstanding saves in a thrilling climax to the game , and Norwich manager Mike Walker feels his side are now returning to their early season form . |
| 17 | I remember that the very day that the surgeon told me that he thought the cancer was incurable , I saw the swifts returning to their annual nesting-place . |
| 18 | It is equally notable that in four other instances , children who later had a choice stayed on with grandparents , rather than returning to their parental home . |
| 19 | This was a contentious issue , since the British , French and the Dutch had every intention of returning to their former territories , not comprehending the extent to which the Japanese had forced the pace of change . |
| 20 | The parade dispersed , the Commandos returning to their respective units , and soon the village green was quiet , except for the murmur of French voices as the civilians read the newsheet pinned to a tree . |
| 21 | From Pontypridd — Jonathon Mason , Neil Eynon , and Mike Butts all returning to their previous club , Second Division Mountain Ash . |
| 22 | The Central Nacional de Informaciones ( CNI — the state secret police ) , was formally dissolved by decree of the junta at the end of February 1990 , its agents returning to their military units and its property passing to the Army . |
| 23 | But if workers regard the social security benefits that they now receive as part of their total wage package , and this is fully taken into account in their labour supply decision , then the supply curve will shift back to S1 ; wages and employment returning to their original level . |
| 24 | The whole chapter is ridiculous , for example when Alice asked to sit down she was told there was no room , by the characters already sitting there , yet there was plenty of room for everyone to move round the table several times before returning to their original places . |
| 25 | Legal requirements may prevent a significant proportion of men returning to their original job , particularly if it involves driving motor vehicles . |
| 26 | In two weeks of December the number of male vagrants had risen to 371 , which included 252 ex-soldiers , and the master was of the opinion that the increase was due to the fact that many of the unemployed in London were returning to their own towns through the casual wards . |
| 27 | Once the elephants were in their new sanctuary , called Lebong Hitam , the army would dig a trench , with one very steep side and a solar powered electric fence on the other , to keep them from returning to their old haunts . |
| 28 | She 's still suffering from the shock of returning to her rented home in Wantage last week to find the bailiffs changing the locks . |
| 29 | She tried to ignore the stench but found her thoughts continually returning to her physical situation . |
| 30 | We are returning to your paltry universe . |