Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] far back [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The medicinal application of herbs can be traced as far back as a Chinese herbal written nearly 5,000 years ago , and there are Egyptian papyri from 2,800 B.C. listing such herbs as mint , marjoram and juniper for medicinal use . |
2 | But the idea of closer political ties with England had first been mooted as far back as the late fifteenth century , by James III ; and even though it was then an extremely unpopular policy , it was an idea which never again quite went away . |
3 | Lobster-like animals are found as far back as the Triassic , and both crabs and lobsters are frequent and appealing fossils in Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks . |
4 | Spiders are known as far back as the Carboniferous , but their remains are principally known fossilized from the Tertiary ambers , where perfectly preserved specimens retain even the hairs on the legs . |
5 | The strategy was originally conceived as far back as the late 1960's when it appeared to many of us that unless we obtained a greater command over our raw materials we would be exposed to a fatal squeeze from the oil companies , who were increasingly entering our own field of business . |