Example sentences of "dates [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one relates this position to citation studies in the humanities which show that well over 50% of books cited have imprint dates up to 35 years ago and earlier , the increasing tendency to search only the OPAC , and ignore the card catalogue is doing a major disservice to scholars and their potential exploitation of the resources of research libraries . |
| 2 | Its past activities included smuggling , lace-making and quarrying ; the latter dates back to Roman times . |
| 3 | The Winant and Clayton scheme dates back to 1948 when a group of young Americans came to Britain to work in youth clubs and parishes . |
| 4 | The co-operative ideal dates back to 1844 when a group of Lancashire businessmen — the ‘ Rochdale pioneers ’ — decided to work together , or ‘ co-operate ’ . |
| 5 | The oldest part of this charming listed house dates back to 1387 . |
| 6 | It is suggested that Holywell 's Spring Gardens schoolroom , which dates back to 1877 , should be re-erected in the park for the purpose . |
| 7 | Official recognition of the need for gaol reform dates back to 1919 , when a major report by the Indian Jails Committee heralded a change in government pronouncements about the aims of imprisonment , renouncing the retributive philosophy which had been enshrined in police and legislation since the report of Lord Macauley 's prison Disciplinary Committee in 1838 . |
| 8 | The exhibition was mounted by one of Glasgow 's famous and oldest organisations ‘ The Trade House of Glasgow ’ which dates back to 1605 when fourteen groups of Craftsmen were brought together . |
| 9 | The alleged scheme , in which old loans were paid back to General Motors by ever-escalating new loans from its own finance subsidiary , dates back to 1980 . |
| 10 | British trademarks law , which dates back to 1938 , lets people register trademarks only for goods . |
| 11 | The Netherlands ' chess tradition dates back to 1935 when Dr Euwe won the world championship . |
| 12 | The idea of a recording system covering the full range perceived by the human ear dates back to 1925 , when Brunswick claimed their electrical recordings covered the range from 16Hz to 21000Hz ( 19 ) . |
| 13 | The RAF ace 's first ban dates back to 1971 when he was banned for driving with excess alcohol . |
| 14 | The lower half of the tower dates back to Saxon times . |
| 15 | Further items on display include a large bound pattern book from Lockett , Crossland & Co of Strangeways , which dates back to 1952 , containing over three and a half thousand samples of printed cotton fabric together with listings of the client firm for which it was produced . |
| 16 | Degrees are still however conferred by the Chancellor , whose title dates back to pre-Reformation days and whose authority is represented by the University Mace . |
| 17 | It dates back to 1795 and was issued by the King 's Theatre in London 's Haymarket , and was designed as a throw-away item for theatre-goers rich enough to book a box for the season at the kingly sum of 2,500 guineas . |
| 18 | Hever Castle dates back to 1270 when the massive Gatehouse , the outer walls and the moat were first constructed . |
| 19 | The assumption that aborigines had no right to the land dates back to 1770 when James Cook — Captain Cook , the explorer of much of the Pacific — claimed Australia on behalf of George III . |
| 20 | Indeed the eight-way Power 4D/480 dates back to early 1989 . |
| 21 | And there is speculation that the controversy , which dates back to 1986 , could be settled out of court within the next year . |
| 22 | Northampton 's historic market square dates back to 1235 and was the scene of many events and fairs . |
| 23 | NCR lost because it was not prepared to develop yet another generation of the 9800 — derived from the company 's Criterion line , which dates back to 1976 . |
| 24 | Shearings , a charming listed , timber-framed , thatched cottage , dates back to 1575 and is , as they say , ‘ as pretty as a picture ’ . |
| 25 | Soon after checking in , they decided to stroll around the Vieux Carre , the elegant French Quarter which dates back to 1718 . |
| 26 | Gieves , a business that dates back to 1785 , were above all tailors to the officers of HM Navy , many of whom , the management appreciated , could not afford to buy a good quality uniform , which they had to provide themselves , and pay for it in cash . |
| 27 | It dates back to 1863 , to a Victorian London of slums , of gaslight , of the powerless and the poor . |
| 28 | A former coaching inn that dates back to 1780 . |
| 29 | Universal suffrage in Britain dates only from after the Great War and the right for non-property holders to participate in local elections only dates back to 1949 . |
| 30 | Most relate to the use of custodial penalties and are based on a technique that dates back to 1949 when courts were directed to avoid passing custodial sentences on young adult offenders unless it appeared that no other method was appropriate . |