61.   The ban led to a series of protests against what was seen as an attempt to turn the clock back on democracy.

62.   The clock cannot be turned back.

63.   The first challenge is to turn the clock back.

64.   They have tasted the fruits of economic success and are not likely to allow the clock to be turned back.

65.   We cannot turn the clock back.

66.   However, he said the Chinese authorities would not be able to turn the clock back in Hong Kong.

67.   Abuse in rural Hong Kong still exists in a discreeter form and could easily worsen if men feel the clock is being turned back, she said.

68.   And he accused a coalition of Bulgarian opposition parties of wanting to turn the clock back.

69.   But the opposition accused the government of turning the clock back, saying former military-backed regimes had used the powerful security network to stifle dissent.

70.   But recent events may have turned the clocks back to the blighted years at the height of sectarian violence in the province.