Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] to the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Though build-about 1740 this timber frame type of construction dates back to the Middle Ages . |
| 32 | Swan-upping ; a Thames tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages . |
| 33 | A popular Greek saying is ‘ Know Thyself ’ , which dates back to the ancient Greeks . |
| 34 | Perhaps the DNA of the mule germ-cells mutates back to the parental forms or , more speculatively , as Taylor and Short suggest , borrows chromatin ( chromosomal material ) from a neighbouring cell . |
| 35 | The party 's chair , Sara Parkin , said : " Unlike the other political parties , this manifesto faces up to the real issues " . |
| 36 | Quietly , unhesitatingly — just like that — he faces up to the moral consequences of his realization . |