Example sentences of "date [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public expenditure control has a long history dating back to the early eighteenth century . |
| 2 | Many of the wagons , dating back to the late nineteenth century , were requisitioned during the First World War and purchased , from R.N.A.D. Bandeath on its closure , by the S.R.P.S. |
| 3 | ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ lay a quarter of a mile up-river , and dated back to the early seventeenth century , a long , low , white-painted house on a terrace cunningly clear of the flood level of the Comer , and with ideal fishing water for some hundreds of yards on either side of it . |
| 4 | In his review of organism and ecosystem as geographical models Stoddart ( 1967b , p. 523 ) showed how Tansley 's concept broadened the scope of ecology beyond the purely biological content and gave formal expression to a variety of concepts covering habitat and biome which date back to the late nineteenth century . |
| 5 | The original building of the Hotel Lapershoek dates back to the early 20th century when it was a grand stately home , and it has since been thoughtfully converted in to a very comfortable four star hotel . |
| 6 | The Sephardic community in Belgrade dates back to the early sixteenth century and was well established in the commercial life of the city . |