How To Use Back burner In A Sentence
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After a succession of mealy-mouthed CBI presidents, content to simmer on the back burner, Sir John, a former Jaguar boss, has roared his desire for the heat of battle.
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But with cuts for capital expenditure and the insidious effects of inflation, flat cash looks more and more like putting science on the back burner.
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He was due to retire this year, but that has been put on the back burner.
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I can put all that on the back burner now.
The Sun
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Then move the chapatti to the back burner, where it should fill with steam and swell like a balloon.
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B badge next week, but that's obviously had to be put on the back burner a bit.
The Sun
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Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner.
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In a recession, extras such as woodsy lawn ornaments and home improvement projects often get the back burner, and many of the 200 vendors at the show have felt the pinch of the past year.
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dozens of cases were put on the back burner
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With the nine-year-old Doha round of trade talks on the back burner, "the only [global] trade negotiation with a heartbeat is the GPA," says Simon Evenett, a trade economist at the University of Saint Gallen in Switzerland.
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Their food was boiling in a pan on the back burner of the gas-stove in the alcove by the pantry door.
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So it seems the plenary council and synod proposals have been put on a back burner.
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Their other project, meanwhile, is on the back burner.
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But the crisis is now on the back burner.
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Why not put space exploration on the back burner until we have solved more problems here where real life is?
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Her good-hearted hubby (gently played by Wynters) knows better, but indulges her anyway - with a plan of his own waiting on the back burner.
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Some may be people you're keeping on the back burner for when the time is right.
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If you can manage financially, suggest plans are put on the back burner for at six months.
The Sun
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But it was as an example of superstar egos on the back burner that it will be treasured.
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For now talk of a little mix can be put on the back burner.
The Sun
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The chancellor had ordered a review of North Sea taxation in 1997, but was forced to put it on a back burner a year later when the oil price collapsed.
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The government quietly put the scheme on the back burner.
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Difficult issues regarding income and wealth inequality are put on the back burner.
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More radical plans to dilute unions' voting powers in Labour leadership contests and at party conferences have been put on the back burner.
The Sun
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Exercise is often put on the back burner as we get older.
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Dermot joshed me on my memory lapse but he gave me an opportunity to write about that particular project which has been on the back burner for a while.
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The president's first offensive against social security has already been pushed onto the back burner.
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But with cuts for capital expenditure and the insidious effects of inflation, flat cash looks more and more like putting science on the back burner.
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Twenty-eight mid-season replacements are already on the back burners of the six networks, compared with last year's 21 shows.
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Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner.
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Which of these tasks gets put on the back burner?
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It's good news that driving is on the back burner for now.
The Sun
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For now talk of a little mix can be put on the back burner.
The Sun
