Example sentences of "dates back [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Participating in a traditional bloody ritual called the grynd , that dates back over the centuries , Faroe Islanders each year herd large schools of pilot whales into shallow waters and then , with man and whale alike thrashing in red blood-stained water , the animals are gaffed , speared , or knifed to death . |
| 2 | It probably dates back to The Beatles when Richard Starkey became Ringo the millionaire and Pete Best kept his real name and ended up as a civil servant . |
| 3 | If important meetings give butterflies in the stomach or a racing pulse , you 're experiencing an affliction that dates back to the stone age : stress . |
| 4 | Only 15 months later , the participants in that match , which , it must be said , was not full of passion , are now presumably heavily engaged in destroying each other simply because they come from two sides of a divide that dates back to the tragedies , miseries and horrors of the second world war , back to the first world war and into the deep recesses of history before that time . |
| 5 | Not far from the citadel , should you choose to cross over to that less appealing side of Bayonne , is a small English war cemetery that dates back to the siege . |
| 6 | The place is peppered with awards and mottos , an approach to life that dates back to the elder Watson , but would be recognised by any Japanese factory manager . |
| 7 | The church here dates back to the Domesday Book . |
| 8 | But the association between the two Banks dates back to the founding of the Royal in 1727 when Andrew Drummond acquired stock in the new banking enterprise . |
| 9 | Pride of place is given to a Conestoga Wagon which dates back to the time the Mellons crossed the Appalachians . |
| 10 | The founding of the White Lions dates back to the time of the bitter civil war with the Dark Elves when Caledor the First was recalled from hunting in Chrace to become the new Phoenix King . |
| 11 | ( The name dates back to the days when all home electronics was a horrid brown colour — now it is an almost nasty black ) . |
| 12 | Although black film making in America dates back to the days of the silents , it has had a dismal and frustrating history . |
| 13 | If the building is turned into a pub the distinctive glass canopy , which dates back to the days when it was a garage , will be retained . |
| 14 | English winemakers are always having to put up with this kind of jibe , despite possessing a viticultural heritage which dates back to the Romans . |