Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] back on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 per cent of fuel , and so cut back on carbon dioxide . |
| 2 | I 've I 've just come back on that D two stop three . |
| 3 | The French boy looked up sharply at his father , but the familiar expressionless mask had already settled back on his face . |
| 4 | I suppose , by saying this I 've already gone back on my word . |
| 5 | Official energy pronouncements , whatever their other shortcomings , have hitherto always fallen back on ‘ national security ’ as their ultimate justification . |
| 6 | We are always forced back on seeking some control outside and greater than the earth itself . |
| 7 | The keel is similarly doubled back on itself and hemmed on two edges , leaving an opening along what will be its upper edge . |
| 8 | IBM Corp has now fallen back on the reliable method of pre-announcement for its OS/2 promotion campaign . |
| 9 | You have n't gone back on your promise , have you ? |
| 10 | Back in the present , enemies of the guerrillas ' 'new democracy' have their feet and heads hacked off and crudely sewn back on — the wrong way round . |
| 11 | Town 's drugs are often made in Britain , flown to the Far East or some other convenient staging post and then brought back on the next night — to be sold more cheaply than if they had never left Britain . |
| 12 | Mrs Thatcher was known to dislike the rating system but the rates continued to climb , largely because the Treasury steadily cut back on the grants paid to local authorities . |
| 13 | When considering why the DLV underwent this very swift and conspicuously awkward change of heart , we are once again thrown back on the resources of the imagination . |
| 14 | He opened up a 24.8 seconds advantage over Jackson at the half distance refuelling halt and never looked back on a course which measured just over 190 miles in length . |