Example sentences of "go back [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experts here say he 's much older , going back more than 5,000 years . |
| 2 | The Abyssinians could claim an uninterrupted succession going back more than two thousand years ; in Africa , only Egypt had a more ancient civilization . |
| 3 | Having considered two cases ( one of them going back more than 25 years ) , it upheld verdicts in lower courts and ruled that in view of the complex scientific issues involved , the government was best placed to decide on sites and to assess their environmental impact . |
| 4 | A police investigation at a school for disturbed children has been stepped up after claims of abuse going back more than twenty years . |
| 5 | Going back further than this are yearly highlights from the years 1980 to 1988 , and major issues of the decade from the ‘ 20 's right through to the ‘ 70's . |
| 6 | But it goes back further than that . |
| 7 | But his role in their problems goes back further than that . |
| 8 | The bad feeling goes back further than that — because the England striker was himself red-carded after a bust-up involving Walsh at Leicester two seasons ago . |
| 9 | I think the basic problem is erm it goes back further than that and it comes down to the organisation that my colleague here belongs to . |
| 10 | I 'm not sure whether , you see I think the management time issue is very related to this , but I think it 's a separate issue , it 's a major concern I 've got at the moment that there is , I mean I know everybody 's got their own arguments but there has been no time at ever in the future that anybody who goes back further than twenty years in the service can recall , where York has had such a small amount of management time as it 's |
| 11 | The police are now also checking records of indecent assaults in Oxford , to see if the pattern of attacks goes back further than last year . |
| 12 | Big Boo , however , goes back further than most , and he 's happy to reminisce about the old days . |
| 13 | For Dr. Citterio , this classic antipasto goes back more than 110 years . |
| 14 | It goes back more than 200 years and forms an enormous resource for those studying the history of the Commonwealth . |
| 15 | Although the concept of what we now call a black hole goes back more than two hundred years , the name black hole was introduced only in 1967 by the American physicist John Wheeler . |
| 16 | Nazi thugs burn down Sony 's Berlin premises : Chancellor Kohl wins big cheers when he says the perpetrators are just high-spirited hooligans , reminds listeners that German-Japanese friendship goes back more than 50 years . |
| 17 | Susie Cooper 's career as a talented designer goes back more than 60 years , during which she has won international acclaim . |
| 18 | Benny turned to go back home as usual . |
| 19 | Oh Oh we 'll go back home if that 's alright . |
| 20 | Although none of the present members go back more than 10 years ( canoeing tends to be a young sport ) the club has existed since 1952 . |
| 21 | ‘ No , she only gives me money ter do the errands an' then I 'ave ter go back twice because I car n't carry them all in one go . |
| 22 | According to some journalists whose memories go back further than 1986 , there is less ‘ caballing ’ in today 's newspaper office , and working conditions militate a sense of common interest , common identity and shared concerns among staff . |
| 23 | ‘ Mine go back further than most humans ' . ’ |