Example sentences of "going back [prep] the [num ord] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were able to confirm the histories of families going back to the 19th century . |
| 2 | The combination of bishopric and monastery was one of the main results of the tenth-century monastic revival , and it had tenuous threads going back to the seventh century . |
| 3 | Lanfranc could only hope that the papal Curia would come to recognize the substantial strength of this papally inspired practice of primacy going back to the seventh century . |
| 4 | It says , everything they 're doing , it says , is going back to the eighteenth century , when you hear about these Kath Catherine Cookson days , working for pennies and you ca n't get educated |
| 5 | Investigations in the temple of Aphrodite , after whom the city was named , have revealed evidence ofa long history for the cult of the goddess going back to the sixth century ac . |
| 6 | Scots Wha Hae , which some may claim is another emotional dirge , has tremendous credentials ( tune going back to the 14th century and words by our national bard ) . |