put the clock back in a sentence

Examples

1. Martin acknowledged that " we can't put the clock back and plant a lot of trees because they take up room, " but he says he thinks the city should join in the spread of potted plants and vines, protect all existing trees and pipe more water into the medina.
2. The survey, an economic review presented to Parliament Wednesday, put the clock back to 1990-91, when fear of bankruptcy linked to socialist-style spending forced the government to reduce the fiscal deficit from 7 . 7 percent of GDP to 5 . 4 percent and the crisis was defused . ( INDIA-ECONOMY)