Object

• award: Assuming that the response is to accept the award the University will backdate the award to 1 August 2003.

• membership: My scheme is now closed to new members, can I claim backdated membership?

• payment: I've heard about backdated payments - how do these work?

• benefit: You can request backdated benefit on the benefit claim form or you can write to us with your details.

• bill: If the decision then goes against the firm they could be stung with a backdated tax bill going back up to a six years.

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• only: Indeed, the IR would only backdate entitlement for a maximum of three months.

Preposition: for

• month: Normally a claim for CA can only be backdated for 3 months.

• year: Where arrears might once have been backdated for a year, you are now lucky to get 3 months.

• reason: The second study is concerned with Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit claims backdated for reasons of ' good cause ' .

Infinitive complement

• cover: Yes, in exceptional circumstances, your Benefit claim can be backdated to cover an earlier period.

• include: The degree registration period is backdated to include the initial Higher Degree by Research.

• take: The changes are to be backdated to take effect from 6 April 2004.

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• fully: Note also that the reduction can be fully backdated.

• not: In other words, it is not backdated to the date of death.

• then: PhD registration is then backdated to the start of your study.

• also: The settlement came in last May, but was also backdated to February, which was also welcomed by members.