Example sentences of "be [vb pp] back to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much for a tradition whose origins may be traced back to early classical times ! |
| 2 | As the modern term for this genre the word fabliau can be traced back to scholarly writing of the seventeenth century . |
| 3 | The authoritarian philosophy can be traced back to sixteenth-century England , where strict controls were imposed on the publication of what were regarded by the king and his advisers as seditious pamphlets and journals . |
| 4 | Hospitals were to become a setting later in the decade for ‘ Doctor ’ films , ‘ Carry Ons ’ and such tepid dramas as Behind the Mask ( 1958 ) , but the genre can be traced back to White Corridors ( 1951 ) where , amidst the routine romantic squabbles , and an occasional lecture on the working of the NHS , two strong stories evolve : a researcher develops a drug that will kill infections resistant to penicillin and his lover secures herself a registrar 's post against nepotistic competition , by skilfully operating on a patient her rival has misdiagnosed . |
| 5 | Because you know both parties were there to make sure that er there was going to be a mutual agreement or it may in some instances be referred back to domestic level for resolution , or alternately , the employers just said , no and that , that was the end of it at that stage . |
| 6 | Where it was found that middle peasants had been encroached upon , where it was found that middle peasants had been dispossessed erm that position would be rectified and that would be given back to middle peasants . |
| 7 | By contrast , occasional reference will be made back to other East Asian examples . |
| 8 | Mr Major and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd will make it clear in the coming days that British forces must have protection — or they will be pulled back to safe areas . |
| 9 | It seems impossible to me that she can not be brought back to life , that such a person can not be brought back to normal life . |
| 10 | Now er we , I came back here then and of course we had , the , the workshop had to be brought back to normal again to deal with the cars . |
| 11 | Old bushes can be brought back to vigorous life by cutting them down to a foot from the ground at the end of winter . |
| 12 | Both areas will be far below optimum today but — and this is the important point — in the one case the land can be brought back to full production easily , whereas in the other case a long and costly process of fertility building will be necessary . |