Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [verb] back the " in BNC.
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| 1 | New discoveries have opened up all kinds of possibilities for holding back the march of time . |
| 2 | Banning TV coverage might lose important revenues without bringing back the crowds . |
| 3 | But whatever the motives , the Government 's twin aims of handing back the control of unions to the individual members , and ensuring that trade unions act within bounds set by a democratic state , are ones that should have been promoted by the left . |
| 4 | Sarella lay fuming in bed for a few minutes before flinging back the duvet and running to the window . |
| 5 | As concern over state expenditure mounted , governments have looked for ways of cutting back the volume of support for the railways . |
| 6 | Mrs Thatcher also pointed to the contrast between her domestic achievements in rolling back the frontiers of the state and the prospect that if the Delors of this world have their way , power over the economy would be re-centralized in Brussels . |
| 7 | Bernard Unti , vice president of the American Anti-Vivisection Society , is pessimistic about the chances of rolling back the patent decision , but believes some progress has been made . |
| 8 | But on this trip Gooch has not even had that pleasure and it is imperative now for England 's chances of winning back the Ashes from Australia this summer that their weary 39-year-old captain quickly recovers in health and spirit when he returns home on Saturday week . |
| 9 | Spread out the roots before putting back the soil . |