Example sentences of "[noun sg] date [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As no form of updating had taken place the room was in need of considerable physical repair … much of the stock dated back to the school 's opening and was therefore unsuitable for the pupils and curriculum of today . |
| 2 | That has opened new wounds in relationships between the two sides , barely on speaking terms after bad blood dating back to the infamous Shakoor Rana-Mike Gatting bust-up . |
| 3 | The so-called ’ swan-upping ’ ceremony dates back to the fourteenth century … but nowadays its as much a fun day out as a way of keeping the swans healthy . |
| 4 | In the example given , the College 's close relationship with the catering industry , covering conventional day-release , specialist courses and demonstrations , and extensive work experience dating back to the 1960s had given the mutual confidence and understanding which made an unconventional pattern worth trying . |
| 5 | The aircraft that this intrepid group had used was a large lumbering biplane dating back to the early 1930s . |
| 6 | This case relied on law dating back to the 1870s . |
| 7 | This attractive country home dates back to the 16th century when it was once a farm labourer 's cottage . |
| 8 | This law dates back to the Middle Ages , when it was a means of filling the royal coffers , and until now it has allowed the State ( today the Treasury ) to claim possession of valuable objects whose owners can not be traced . |
| 9 | Stoneywood Mill dates back to the eighteenth century , and is now part of the Wiggins Teape Group . |
| 10 | New Hall dates back to the 12th century and is reputed to be the oldest fully moated manor house in England . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , at Newbury , our archaeologists have worked with the Trust for Wessex Archaeology and unearthed the remains of flint tools from a site dating back to the Middle Stone Age . |
| 12 | They represented a common English custom dating back to the Middle Ages and were first mentioned in Stamford in 1486 . |
| 13 | Easily Accessible : Lewes is an interesting town dating back to the Norman Conquest with steep narrow streets and a mixture of Georgian and older buildings including antique shops , a ruined castle , museums and a house which once belonged to Anne of Cleves . |
| 14 | Eight miles from the Bauble lies the historic town of Colchester , an ancient town dating back to the 1st century BC with Roman remains , a ruined Norman castle , a 15th-century abbey , museums and excellent shopping facilities . |
| 15 | Well , I will have you know that the office of coroner dates back to the twelfth century , before civil servants were thought of ! |
| 16 | Science and The Church are caught in a bloody feud dating back to the 14th century . |
| 17 | He also thinks it is important to build such a museum , as Japan and Britain have a long historical relationship dating back to the seventeenth-century when William Adams came to Japan on a Dutch ship . |
| 18 | ( The name dates back to the days when all home electronics was a horrid brown colour — now it is an almost nasty black ) . |
| 19 | It is a building of great age dating back to the end of the 12th century , or the beginning of the 13th , the actual date of its building has been lost , but Fielding gives us a clue in his records by naming the first Chaplain as Michael de Painton , before 1319 , and William de Kucklestane Chaplain of St. Lawrence 1319–44 and also of Dode , so it seems that Upper Hailing shared a Minister these many years ago . |
| 20 | Visitors can see an extensive collection of textile machinery dating back to the 18th century along with an exhibition tracing the development of Wales ' woollen industry from the Middle Ages . |
| 21 | O7 ppm although naturally high concentrations of mercury have been found in a number of locations , including Lake Windermere where mud dating back to the last century contains 0.7 ppm . ’ |
| 22 | While these discoveries illustrated remarkably well the period of the greatest renown and prosperity of Aphrodisias ( between late Hellenistic times and the early Byzantine era , i.e. , first century BC to the seventh century AD ) , archaeological evidence for a long prehistory dating back to the fifth millennium BC was recorded in excavations of two habitation mounds , or höyük , located at the heart of the Roman city . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The first known use of carburisation and quenching of iron dates back to the eleventh and tenth centuries BC in Cyprus and Palestine . |
| 25 | He was fined £50 for breaching a local by-law but yesterday claimed it was everybody 's right to search for bait in a ruling dating back to the Magna Carta in 1215 . |
| 26 | The church dates back to the 14th century , and in the grass fields to the south of Station Road can still be seen the ridge and furrow of the open field arable strips which probably originated before the charter . |
| 27 | Bicester is also a well known hunting centre with a hunt dating back to the late 1700s . |
| 28 | Dinmore Manor is on the site of a Knights Hospital dating back to the days of the crusades . |
| 29 | This is a very special 14-night tour which has only one departure on 19 June — perfectly timed to give a limited number of our customers a chance to attend the opening night of the Verona Opera Season : Verdi 's Don Carlo , performed in the 20,000 seat Roman Arena amphitheatre dating back to the 1st century . |
| 30 | They have had a substantial number dating back to the abortive anti-British campaign of the 1950s . |