Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] as far [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excavations at Tepe Gawra much nearer the highland sources of metals show that close contacts had already been established with the city states of Sumer as far back as the middle of the fourth millennium B.C. By the time of the Royal Cemetery of Ur ( c.2600–2500 B.C. ) metallurgy and not least gold- and silversmithing had already reached a stage at which many of the fundamental processes had been mastered . |
| 2 | He had certainly mentioned the possibility of independence as far back as the mid- 1950s . |
| 3 | Guests included 8 past presidents as far back as Roger Mansfield ( 1960–61 ) . |
| 4 | It is instructive to begin with to compare the stones listed by the Greek naturalist and philosopher Theophrastus ( 373/ 368–c.287 B.C. ) , in so far as these can be certainly identified , with those used for the stamp seals of the Aegean world during the second millennium B.C. and the cylinder seals of Mesopotamia as far back as the fourth . |
| 5 | ‘ In pregnancies as far along as yours , one 's womb will expand and then contract after the termination , causing some pain and discomfort . |
| 6 | First , there was the fact that the crucifix is mentioned in documents as far back as the 1500s , and since what was visible clearly was later in date , restorers reasoned that there must be something underneath it ; then there were the traces of thirteenth-century paint at the foot of the cross . |
| 7 | Mono 's were first introduced to the European fishkeeper in 1908 , but they were known to Linneus as far back as 1758 . |
| 8 | Perhaps even longer : for Thomas Palmer had a grant of free warren at Holt as far back as 1448 and this may be the beginning of the park of Nevill Holt . |