Example sentences of "[adv] back the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did not back the consortium . |
| 2 | They would not back the union in a political fight with the company , or allow themselves to be used by Clasper in a power struggle between the convener and management . |
| 3 | But the idea was eventually sunk when Scarborough Council did not back the idea , which was designed to give the shipyard a new lease of life . |
| 4 | Rebel MPs told of threats to their futures if they did not back the Government . |
| 5 | Almost rather not back the latterday England batsman ( 8 ) |
| 6 | The justice minister , Nikolai Fyodorov , who did not back the president at a weekend cabinet meeting , resigned yesterday . |
| 7 | It is like viewing an Impressionist painting , where the viewer is required to stand at a certain distance before the image comes into focus ; the bigger the individual strokes of paint , the further back the viewer has to stand . |
| 8 | At the meeting-place of roads on the Plateau d'Iraty there are four things you can do : go unadventurously back the way you came , to Esterençuby ; carry on due east over the Col Bagargui along a tolerable but not always reassuring road into Larrau and the valley of Mauléon ; turn sharp left along a somewhat hazardous stretch of track rather than road towards the village of Men dive ( I funk Ed this route myself , after a short trial run , but bad roads do get mended or improved in the Pyrenees , so one year 's experience may be different from the next ) ; or turn to the right along the very scenic road into the Forêt d'Iraty itself . |
| 9 | She pulled Fontana around and trotted quickly back the way she had come . |
| 10 | Meredith waved goodbye and watched her set off back the way they had come in the direction of Pook 's stables . |
| 11 | When he was satisfied no fresh threat was about to manifest itself from the darkness , he moved off back the way he had come , retracing his steps until he reached the shallow stream he had leapt a short time before . |
| 12 | He drove quickly and dangerously back the way they 'd come . |
| 13 | Kong and Kosko write that the learning algorithm for it did not always converge , and the resulting system did not always back the truck up smoothly . |
| 14 | Throttle open and keeping to the centre of the stream where there were no obstructions , he powered the BMW in second gear straight back the way they had come . |
| 15 | No one knows how far back the stone cider mill goes and even researchers at the Cider Museum in Hereford are n't certain of its antiquity . |
| 16 | I make it absolutely clear that in any case of official error , no matter how far back the case goes , payment will be made . |
| 17 | The catapult is powered by a huge piece of stretchy sinew and the height the Goblin reaches is largely dependent on how far back the Doom Diver can force the catapult . |
| 18 | At last he turned , and marched bravely back the way he had come , through the rows of smiling women . |
| 19 | He decided to dispense with the goodlooking , personable high-achiever destined to succeed and instead back the incumbent of this space . |