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Maybe Johnson was merely returning the favor.

He noted that the insurance premium was merely returning to its level of a decade ago.

Aides to the prime minister said the government was merely returning to traditional flag-raising practices that had been altered by the previous Liberal government and was protecting the privacy of grieving families by keeping unwanted cameras away.

German growth fell from 0.7% in the second quarter to 0.3%, though several analysts said the eurozone's powerhouse economy was merely returning to its expected annualised rate of 1.2% a year.

In an interview with BBC political editor Nick Robinson, Mr Cameron said government funding cuts to local government was merely returning to the levels of 2007.

Some of Goldman's friends said he was merely returning a pair of sunglasses Nicole Simpson had left at the nearby restaurant where he worked as a waiter.

He is merely returning to the party he belonged to in his youth, he said.

Over the long term, the bureau's reports describe an economy that is merely returning the country to where it was at the beginning of the 1990's.

In a sense, G.M. is merely returning federal money that it was given as a cash reserve as it got back on its feet.

At first the Kurds were said to be merely returning to Kerkuk, their rightful home.

But as our latest annual investment guide points out the capital markets were merely returning to normality, after a brief love affair with the New Economy.