Example sentences of "dates back [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The bureaucracy certainly needs streamlining : the immigrants are met initially by the Absorption Ministry , but once in the country many of their needs are looked after by the Jewish Agency , the semi-private organisation that dates back to the early years of Jewish settlement in Palestine . |
2 | The building dates back to the early 1800s and although it was partly rebuilt in the early 1900s it still resembles the original design . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | The Sephardic community in Belgrade dates back to the early sixteenth century and was well established in the commercial life of the city . |
5 | This law dates back to the Middle Ages , when it was a means of filling the royal coffers , and until now it has allowed the State ( today the Treasury ) to claim possession of valuable objects whose owners can not be traced . |
6 | Though build-about 1740 this timber frame type of construction dates back to the Middle Ages . |
7 | Swan-upping ; a Thames tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages . |
8 | The practice of abortion probably dates back to the earliest human societies . |
9 | Erm it dates back to the twenties , perhaps a bit earlier than that . |
10 | A popular Greek saying is ‘ Know Thyself ’ , which dates back to the ancient Greeks . |
11 | ‘ The concept of TQM dates back to the postwar period when a tried to persuade corporate heads that business should become service driven . ’ |
12 | The fine church of St Wilfrid dates back to the 12th century , although there is mention of a church in the Domesday Book . |
13 | Laugharne Castle dates back to the 12th century and Carmarthen Castle to 1109 , restored some 200 years later by Edward I at a cost of £169 15s. 6d ! |
14 | New Hall dates back to the 12th century and is reputed to be the oldest fully moated manor house in England . |
15 | The Causey Mounth dates back to the 12th century , when it was first established as a drover 's road . |
16 | Modular or unit credit courses are currently the subject of much discussion in higher education , but interest in them in this country dates back to the 1970s ( much earlier in the USA ) when , for example , the Nuffield team produced a report on them rather facetiously called The Container Revolution ( Mansell 1976 ) . |
17 | There was a church on this spot in the ninth century , and part of the existing building dates back to the thirteenth century ( including the tower which houses the record-breaking clock ) . |
18 | Roughly translated it means new beginnings — it dates back to the thirteenth century and confers a purely honourary degree — something to put in a ’ Who 's Who ’ entry . |
19 | But the plunder is just part of the over-fishing that dates back to the 1960s , when North Sea herring were annihilated . |
20 | The first known use of carburisation and quenching of iron dates back to the eleventh and tenth centuries BC in Cyprus and Palestine . |
21 | CAMRA would prefer beer to be brewed solely from barley malt but the use of sugar dates back to the 19th century and many renowned beers , such as Marston 's Pedigree , have recipes that include 10 per cent or more brewing sugars . |
22 | Clements Farm is of great antiquity , the building itself probably dates back to the 15th century , and happily has been boarded up to prevent more deterioration . |
23 | We took them to lunch at the Bull Inn which dates back to the 15th century , and afterwards explored the local market . |
24 | The parish church of St Michael dates back to the 13th century . |
25 | It dates back to the 13th century . |
26 | They hope to raise £1 million for the upkeep of the Manor which dates back to the 13th century . |
27 | Herriot 's Hotel and restaurant at Hawes has a price tag of £295,000 , while Kirkbymoorside 's George and Dragon , which dates back to the 13th century , is for sale at £400,000 . |
28 | Herriot 's Hotel and restaurant at Hawes has a price tag of £295,000 , while Kirkbymoorside 's George and Dragon , which dates back to the 13th century , is for sale at £400,000 . |
29 | She considers the idea , implicit in much feminist theory , of an authentic self which is said to be socially conditioned by patriarchal power , and argues that this idea owes much to a tradition in Western philosophy which dates back to the Aristotelian distinction between actions that are voluntary and actions which are coerced , a tradition that can be traced through Descartes to the present time . |
30 | The three bedroom property dates back to the 1860s and is situated in Allerton Road right in the heart of Woolton Village . |