Example sentences of "the [noun pl] date back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mike Widmer , managing director of Caldair which owns United , Teesside Motor Services and Tees and District Buses , claims the debts date back to 1989 and are a result of the concessionary fares scheme . |
| 2 | During the refurbishment programme the ledgers dating back to 1717 were taken into Archive Department 's collection where they will be looked after professionally , and many objets d'art were temporarily removed from the building for safe-keeping and restoration . |
| 3 | The majority of the work shown was very recent , but several of the pieces date back as much as 10 years revealing her fascination with the themes from classical mythology over a long period . |
| 4 | On the Avon , some of the weirs date back 1,000 years and are in urgent need of restoration . |
| 5 | Except for the new diesel engines , the trains date back to 1954 . |
| 6 | The cuttings date back to the beginning of the 1980s : ‘ If you read these stories day by day , you simply do n't realise how many there are . |