Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] date [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I will have you know that the office of coroner dates back to the twelfth century , before civil servants were thought of ! |
| 2 | The first known use of carburisation and quenching of iron dates back to the eleventh and tenth centuries BC in Cyprus and Palestine . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | PC John Burden , coroner 's officer for Canterbury , Kent , said : ‘ He had a history of depression dating back to the early 1970s and he had been depressed since September this year . ’ |
| 5 | Though build-about 1740 this timber frame type of construction dates back to the Middle Ages . |
| 6 | This case relied on law dating back to the 1870s . |