Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] to the middle [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Beyond Roland are the earliest of the Malá Strana watermills , dating back to the Middle Ages . |
2 | They represented a common English custom dating back to the Middle Ages and were first mentioned in Stamford in 1486 . |
3 | The renovation of a harbourside shop in Church Street , Whitby have revealed that it is one of the oldest properties in the town , dating back to the Middle Ages . |
4 | If we look back to the middle years of the nineteenth century and to the debates about the extension of the franchise to the working class then hopes were expressed as to how voters should behave at the same time as there was anxiety and fear as to how they would actually behave . |
5 | Since history includes all that has ever happened , you will concentrate on two main areas — looking at the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Rome , before moving on to the Middle Ages . |
6 | Hot cross buns , Simnel cake and Easter biscuits ( see recipes on page 60 ) contain currants and mixed spices that have been eaten at Lent since Elizabethan times , although their use goes back to the Middle Ages when only the rich could afford spice . |
7 | Probably , someone you would disapprove of I did n't know whether remember no probably not it goes back to the middle ages . |
8 | I mean effectively , I always wanted to go back to the middle ages er , with , with the history books of English society . |
9 | If we go back to the middle ages we had the situation of craftsmanship , where one individual was responsible for the design of what they were doing , the selection of the materials regarding what they were doing . |
10 | Erm then he moves on to the middle peasants erm they 're similar , I mean once again they , they 've got enough to eat , they are , they are n't under as much stress , I mean th th they can su survive and so the idea of them risking all to support a revolution would be very er you know very risky at the time at the beginning er the opening period erm so once again th th I 'd say their conclusion is afraid not , you know , I wo n't join a peasant association , i it wo n't last . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Though build-about 1740 this timber frame type of construction dates back to the Middle Ages . |
13 | Swan-upping ; a Thames tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages . |