| They backtracked hastily and asked simply to be able to publish a prompt response. |
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| However, in response to the public outcry at the proposals, the council has now backtracked claiming talk of closure was a rumour. |
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| Can we say she is ideologically backward or that she has backtracked to the status of household slave? |
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| Now they've backtracked and said they may call them to a disciplinary hearing. |
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| Overgrown grass verges will be cut back after councils backtracked over the service. |
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| He then took out his camera and backtracked the animal's course, finding two other beds that the ram had used. |
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| He backtracked to their position, but by then the men in black were upon them. |
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| To have backtracked on a finding to which he was signed up would have been crass and would have exposed him to accusations of inconstancy. |
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| Worse still, the government has often backtracked on its reform commitments or reversed measures deemed to be politically or socially unfeasible. |
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| He has since backtracked a little and tried to distance himself from his own letter, but the damage is done. |
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| Not being able to see a foot in front of her face she backtracked a few steps and began searching the wall for a light switch. |
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| The floorboards creaked beneath my feet as I backtracked toward my desk and sat down in my swivel chair. |
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| When the 507th, believing their previous route to be clear, backtracked through the town, the guerrillas attacked, achieving surprise. |
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| I backtracked a mile to a treed flat along the river that looked like a good campsite. |
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| Then it backtracked on part of that deal, fueling American suspicions that it was not simply developing fuel for nuclear reactors. |
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| They backtracked far into the cave, away into one of the tunnels that branched off from the main one, and finally into a small cavern. |
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| I took a furtive look around, digested the unfamiliar surroundings, and backtracked. |
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| The woman turned around as quickly as if someone had forcibly spun her around by a shoulder, and in two running steps had backtracked to him. |
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| Some Members have said that not enough substances were listed, that Parliament had backtracked in relation to the first reading. |
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| Morocco backtracked on several points and unfortunately reversed some of their positions of yesterday. |
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| Primary school participation backtracked in Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Malawi. |
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| The leader himself said on several occasions that he supported extending the mission and then he backtracked. |
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| After initially agreeing to a recount, it backtracked, and Mr Maduro was hurriedly proclaimed the winner. |
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| Once it was discovered that Ski Money was an accused human trafficker, Cardin quickly backtracked. |
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| She backtracked as fluently as she had come forward, declaring that she could not remember any examples, and then proceeding to brush off the whole thing. |
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| I backtracked and cranked up the volume, but that didn't help. |
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| Mission planners backtracked on their plans to include increasingly ambitious tasks. |
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| This live medley of the hits that have made the duo's career even backtracked to their very first chart-topper, Da Funk. |
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| The government has backtracked on its promise to help leaky condo owners in British Columbia. |
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| When the story surfaced in the press, Shumlin backtracked and said it all been a misunderstanding. |
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| Enthusiasts who predicted that there would be Wi-Fi transmitters in every street lamp have backtracked. |
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| The UK already has relatively high levels of tax on alcohol but the last government backtracked on a plan to introduce minimum unit pricing. |
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| But when the blowback from his own party hit fever pitch, Newt backtracked to Rush Limbaugh. |
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| In view of the consensus in Quebec and under pressure from the Bloc Québécois and labour, the Prime Minister backtracked. |
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| Mr. Speaker, they backtracked because Quebec, represented by the Bloc in this House, made them backtrack. |
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| First, it backtracked on its election promise made to citizens and investors that it would not change the tax treatment. |
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| Fortunately, they have backtracked and have now indicated that the Commission's proposal can count on their full support. |
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| The aircraft entered Runway 24 at Taxiway Delta and backtracked to the threshold. |
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| The aircraft then backtracked to the displaced threshold of Runway 19 and was cleared for take-off with a right turn out. |
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| Again, what is regrettable is that they backtracked on Bill C-42 because of our interventions, but this bill contains no substantial changes. |
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| In a nutshell, we took the information that he did give, that was legitimate, and just backtracked it to the hotel room he was in, and then simply did a photo identification. |
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| We backtracked the attackers to the northern edge of the woods. |
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| They have obfuscated, delayed, lied, backtracked, pettifogged, and cancelled all sorts of commitments under the informal and formal rubrics of the Oslo process. |
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| He taxied the aircraft from the Academy ramp, backtracked close to the button of runway 01, turned the aircraft, and started the take-off roll as the aircraft came out of the turn. |
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| This is why we want to take a tough stance with regard to bilateral agreements and applaud the fact that Romania has already backtracked in a sensible manner. |
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| But the military soon backtracked and claimed the object they had retrieved was a weather balloon that had crashed on a nearby ranch. |
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| After the directive from Justice Kelen, the minister, outside the House, backtracked by saying that when he referred to the decision as a draft, he meant that the process was continuing. |
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| He then backtracked by adding that the objectives were unrealistic. |
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| This means that today Parliament has backtracked somewhat. |
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| Mr Yonekura backtracked, but has been cold-shouldered by the government. |
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| When this misleading attempt of the prison was pointed out to the media by Williams lawyers and family, the prison backtracked and said Williams didn't turn into a snitch for the prison. |
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| The mother posted the letter on Facebook, social media poured opprobrium on the airline for its heartlessness, and the carrier swiftly backtracked. |
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| Articles in the press have given the impression in many parts of Europe that the European Parliament has backtracked on its call for Croatia to quickly be given full membership, something on which it has voted several times. |
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| She expressed her disappointment that the government had not backtracked on its decision to cut funding for the promotion of Canadian culture overseas which ended the PromArt program and other travelling cultural programs. |
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| During the election campaign Labour had promised to halt rail closures if elected, but they quickly backtracked, and later oversaw some of the most controversial closures. |
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