Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] back [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So as far back as 1974 it was spelt out by the industry itself . |
| 2 | In The Origin , and already as far back as The German Ideology , Marx and Engels followed their contemporaries in believing that the history of mankind usually went through the same sequence of technological improvement . |
| 3 | Here in a vault at the county 's record office are kept seventy five thousand wills dating as as far back as fifteen forty one . |
| 4 | Even as far back as 1978 the white paper on the nationalized industries welcomed the development of audit committees and the contribution they could make to improved efficiency . |
| 5 | And even as far back as the second century , Britannia graced the back of their coins . |
| 6 | And even as far back as the second century , Britannia graced the back of their coins . |
| 7 | ‘ Ideas ’ have played a part in philosophy at least as far back as Plato , for whom they had a reality of their own quite apart from any relation they might have to our minds . |
| 8 | Ronald Reagan 's serious interest in politics dates at least as far back as his early days in Hollywood and , given the later doubts about his intelligence , it is interesting to note that , at this stage , he hardly lived up to the image of an empty-headed film actor . |
| 9 | Educationalists have taken such stances throughout the history of compulsory schooling and they can trace the roots of their position at least as far back as the writings of William Godwin ( 1756–1836 ) and J. J. Rousseau ( 1712 — 78 ) . |
| 10 | In forging this connection between familial morality and the strength of the nation state , Hopkins was drawing on a long-established tradition of moral philosophy dating at least as far back as the late eighteenth century . |
| 11 | The system was improved in 1597 , when ministers and churchwardens were instructed henceforth to keep their records in a bound register and to copy out surviving documents at least as far back as 1558 , when Elizabeth came to the throne . |
| 12 | The family had always been interested in the leather trade , indeed as far back as eighteen hundred and fourteen er , our ancestors were tanners in the south country , and we make an article known as Hooper 's saddle food , which is much sought after by the saddlers , and other people using similar sort of leathers . |
| 13 | She ranges historically as far back as the Florence of Savonarola 's time in Romola , and geographically she actually encompasses themes such as Judaism in her last novel Daniel Deronda , and that , I think , you know , takes her both chronologically and geographically well beyond Jane Austen 's range of interest . |
| 14 | At all times in the past , certainly as far back as the Neolithic period , there have been particular places to which surrounding settlements have looked for specialised goods and services . |