There were a few slack moments in the middle of this set when the music slipped back into a kind of meandering, generic acid-jazz groove.

Last month, official data showed improvements made by some academies had slipped back.

This musical has just slipped back into the brontosaurus era.

And as long as they don't slip back into bad habits, they can continue to take them on an ad hoc basis with good results.

Britain will slip back down the medals table and no doubt run into a barrage of press criticism about why we can't win anything any more.