Example sentences of "refers back [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all refers back to the lack of acceptance of women in the society . |
| 2 | This really refers back and I think the time refers back to the discussion that we had under the er liaison conference . |
| 3 | According to Halliday 's analysis , Yeats 's repeated use of the definite article in combination with an adjective before a noun ( ‘ the great wings ’ , etc. ) is unusual to the extent that , in contrast with most English usage , the article in this combination does not define anything , but instead refers back to the title ( it is ‘ anaphoric ’ rather than ‘ cataphoric ’ ) . |
| 4 | The it in the second sentence refers back to the ball . |
| 5 | Thus " the engine " in ( 3 ) , ( 5 ) and ( 11 ) refers back to the engine introduced in ( 1 ) ; " the house " in ( 14 ) refers back to the low cottage introduced in ( 13 ) . |
| 6 | er , if the whole there in the sixth line refers back to the whole of being in the fourth line then it would be erm not the one but intellect . |
| 7 | Sentence ( 2 ) is connected to ( 1 ) , for instance , by the phrase " for such reasons " , which refers back to the reasons listed in ( 1 ) , as well as by the fact that the " dream vision convention " is recognisable as an aspect of " a literary work " referred to in ( 1 ) . |
| 8 | He refers back to the Fish era as if in awe , and introduces the other Marillionauts with grovelling reverence . |
| 9 | There follows the usual discussion on oppressed-minority self-detecting radar — Jewish , lesbian or otherwise — and some sniffing delicately around the problematical area of Israel , policies of and attitudes toward : Then Clint refers back to the books . |