Example sentences of "[noun pl] back to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That done , he can busy himself getting the Uruguay round 's warring parties back to the negotiating table . |
| 2 | Sir Patrick must hope this will be enough to bring the parties back to the table , to build on the broad principles agreed last time . |
| 3 | Sir Patrick Mayhew and Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring stressed that they would continue trying to woo the parties back to the table — but neither gave any specific basis for optimism . |
| 4 | In June 1946 , a month after a popular referendum had voted down the Constituent Assembly 's proposed constitution and sent the parties back to the drawing board , de Gaulle re-entered the political fray . |
| 5 | I never dared to ask , but I understand now what it is that drives addicts back to the needle time and time again whatever the cost to their health and sanity ; I understand now what the mystics lay claim to when they speak of the peace that passeth all understanding . |
| 6 | We have to keep making trips back to the shop because we need bread or milk or something else that we 've forgotten . |
| 7 | ‘ If that is the case , we would wish to pass those savings back to the school . ’ |
| 8 | The court will prepare the appropriate form of reply , account for the fee and hand the made-up summonses back to the plaintiff 's solicitor for posting . |
| 9 | The convoy turns and heads back to the warehouse at Zenesa . |
| 10 | The two men looked at each other quizzically , then Duncan handed the pictures back to the policeman and stood up . |
| 11 | This can be achieved by making contributions in the year of change and in the following two years , in the latter case by relating premiums back to the year of change . |
| 12 | in waves back to the sky |
| 13 | After another fond peep at his sleeping face , she crept out of the room , softly closed the door , and gathering up her skirt in order not to trip over the hem on the way down the stairs , swiftly retraced her steps back to the kitchen and Cissie . |
| 14 | She turned and walked briskly away from the desk , out of the main entrance and down the steps back to the car . |
| 15 | The geologists took the nodules back to the laboratory and soaked them for months in acetic acid . |
| 16 | It was obviously felt that protectionism , a policy which Austen Chamberlain 's father had encouraged , might attract Austen and his supporters back to the centre of the Conservative Party . |
| 17 | They have a vehicle that will now send other manufacturers back to the drawing board . |
| 18 | She dropped her eyes back to the pile of letters . |
| 19 | Markby turned his eyes back to the report . |
| 20 | ‘ The Independent claims it has lost just 2pc , which not only undermines their submission to the OFT , but also indicates we may be expanding the market and attracting a number of lapsed broadsheet readers back to the fold . ’ |
| 21 | Wait until I let you through into the last cellar , and then I must take the keys back to the steward . |
| 22 | Once a recommendation for deportation had been made it was rare for the Movement to try to reverse the order , though the irony of sending youngsters back to the source of their unhappiest memories was not lost on refugee workers . |
| 23 | Drawing attention to paid visits back to the home country may help to reassure the family that they will not be completely cut off from relatives and friends . |
| 24 | Sticking her head out of the door , she summoned a nurse and got her to take the young man 's parents back to the interview-room and give them a cup of tea . |
| 25 | Soon after he returned Sigarup took the rams and he-goats back to the mountain pastures . |
| 26 | He jerked his senses back to the present with a star . |
| 27 | The Bank does not rediscount eligible bank bills back to the market in such instances . |
| 28 | As a result banks may have to call in money from the discount houses , which , in turn being short of liquidity , have to sell bills back to the Bank of England ( acting as lender of last resort ) . |
| 29 | After the Epiphany play of 1922 we were taking the home-made costumes back to the storage centre when I suddenly became aware of what an attractive , lovable person she was . |
| 30 | If this right was exercised , then the Corporation must lease the lines back to the Company and grant them full through running rights . |