Example sentences of "long [noun sg] [v-ing] back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A series of synthetic compounds , with a long pedigree going back to the work of Crum Brown and Fraser in the 1860s ( see chapter 2 ) , were produced simultaneously by R. B. Barlow and H. R. Ing in the Pharmacology Laboratory at Oxford and by W. D. M. ( later Sir William ) Paton and Eleanor Zaimis at the National Institute for Medical Research . |
| 2 | While these discoveries illustrated remarkably well the period of the greatest renown and prosperity of Aphrodisias ( between late Hellenistic times and the early Byzantine era , i.e. , first century BC to the seventh century AD ) , archaeological evidence for a long prehistory dating back to the fifth millennium BC was recorded in excavations of two habitation mounds , or höyük , located at the heart of the Roman city . |
| 3 | ‘ Josephinism ’ in religious matters , again , it is now clear , had behind it a long tradition extending back to the first years of the century . |
| 4 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 5 | Public expenditure control has a long history dating back to the early eighteenth century . |
| 6 | Cor you 're a long time coming back from the Rose and Crown , do n't forget that 's where we were |