Example sentences of "may be [verb] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They feel that , on alcohol advertising in particular , the EC has ducked the issues posed by a single market and satellite broadcasting ; and that as a result regulations may be cut back to the loosest common denominator . |
| 2 | The question of the place of objects in the formation of mental imagery may be referred back to the discussion of play . |
| 3 | He wants growth on the scale of Korea and to ‘ uncouple the Northern Irish economy from the mainland ’ — at the moment he fears that it may be dragged back by the South East . |
| 4 | The origins of Cognitive–Behaviour therapy may be traced back to the philosopher Epictetus , who in the first century AD wrote ‘ People are disturbed not so much by events as by the views which they take of them ’ . |
| 5 | However , studies of children 's communicative abilities prior to the onset of spoken language have indicated that the origins of communication may be traced back to the earliest days after birth , and that full mastery of the morpho-syntactic devices for expressing complex meanings may not be fully understood until early adolescence . |
| 6 | Although first language acquisition is strictly related to the development of social identity , Watts ' conclusions that a certain set of perceptions is characteristic of Swiss-German readers ( p. 37 ) and that it " may be traced back to the kind of socialization into literacy " ( p. 39 ) are debatable mainly because the presented responses seem to be applicable to various categories of readers . |
| 7 | The origins of this transformation may be traced back into the late 19th century but the upheaval finally came at the time of Vietnam , flower-power and the campus revolutions . |
| 8 | Matters previous transferred from the High Court under s 42 may be transferred back to the High Court ( s 42(4) ) . |
| 9 | The emphasis could well be changed once again , and may be switched back to the private sector , but in a new and different form — especially given the fact that an Urban Development Corporation was designated in Sheffield in March 1988 . |
| 10 | It may be appropriate to establish in the course of the discussions the information on the potential acquiror which may be conveyed back to the client . |
| 11 | If an old person is admitted to local authority residential care while still having a house to sell , some of the value of the property when sold may be claimed back by the authority in retrospective residential charges . |
| 12 | ‘ Now if the defendants were bound to charge the plaintiff for the carriage of his goods a less sum , and they refused to carry them except upon payment of a greater sum , as he was compelled to pay the amount demanded , and could not otherwise have his goods carried , the case falls within the principle of several decided cases , in which it has been held that money which a party has been wrongfully compelled to pay under circumstances in which he was unable to resist the imposition , may be recovered back in an action for money had and received . |
| 13 | Some of this stuff may be coming back to the states via the Far East . |
| 14 | But with Anderton more at home in a wide midfield role , Spurs ' chief executive Terry Venables may be forced back into the transfer market — with Sheringham still their top target . |