Example sentences of "dates back [prep] the [noun pl] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ( The name dates back to the days when all home electronics was a horrid brown colour — now it is an almost nasty black ) . |
| 4 | Although black film making in America dates back to the days of the silents , it has had a dismal and frustrating history . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | English winemakers are always having to put up with this kind of jibe , despite possessing a viticultural heritage which dates back to the Romans . |