Example sentences of "look back on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |
| 2 | Thomas could now look back on the papers he had begun , or completed and sold in his first two terms , as ‘ vain stuff ’ but he continued to write verses , which were sent to Harry and Helen . |
| 3 | I believe that in 100 years people will look back on the middle of the twentieth century as a nightmare period when mankind suddenly discovered the means to destroy itself , and was seriously considering using this as a preferable alternative to reconciling differing political views . |
| 4 | It is a complacent researcher indeed who does not look back on the research findings and wish that some things had been done better . |
| 5 | AQUARIUS — IN TIME to come Aquarians will look back on the period between mid-1991 and the end of 1993 as a watershed . |
| 6 | In which case , the British public may look back on the era of scarcity as a golden age of broadcasting . |