Example sentences of "[noun pl] date [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of his compositions are based on songs dating back to the mid-fifteenth century . |
| 2 | And in the library there is a more recent collection of men 's pin-up books dating back to the Fifties . |
| 3 | This important collection increases the Museum 's geographical and subject coverage and comprises of approximately 70,000 images including views of locomotives , rolling stock , moving trains , railway architecture and civil engineering subjects dating back to the early 1900's . |
| 4 | Many of the biggest cities dated back to the Tokugawa period . |
| 5 | Given that suspended particulates have been the subject of pollution control policies dating back to the nineteenth century , it is not surprising that total emissions and average urban concentrations of particulates have decreased markedly during the past few decades . |
| 6 | The Fletchers had a flat on the first floor of one of the fine period houses dating back to the bad old days of the monarchy and the Iron Guard . |
| 7 | He said that the official in charge of antiquities at the Nasiriya Museum had received from the Americans a ‘ very small number ’ of terracotta objects dating back to the dawn of mankind and the Babylonian period , some of which had only recently been broken . |
| 8 | The objects offered in the present sale have been culled from ‘ [ secret ] warehouses dating back to the start of the Revolution in 1949 and also from the time of the Cultural Revolution ’ . |
| 9 | The British monarchy , and the survival of aristocratic titles dating back to the Norman conquest lend a spurious sense of continuity to English history ( if not to that of the other countries in the UK ) , suggesting that feudalism imperceptibly evolved into modern capitalist democracy . |
| 10 | I am especially pleased to welcome JCI back as a shareholder , a position they held from 1918 until 1979 , cementing the close relationship between our two companies dating back to the last century . |
| 11 | The actual yeoman costumes date back to the 1940s . |
| 12 | Areas found to be at risk include ancient woodlands dating back to the last ice age , internationally rare lowland heaths , meadows and marshes containing many rare species of plants , flowers , animals , birds and insects . |
| 13 | Milton 's God was Empson 's last book , in his lifetime , though when he died he was collecting at least three others : Using Biography ( 1984 ) , on Marvell , Dryden , Fielding , Yeats , Eliot and Joyce ; Essays on Shakespeare ( 1986 ) ; and a book of Renaissance essays , as well as a massive ragbag ( as he called it ) of papers and reviews dating back to the 1920s which , when it posthumously appeared as Argufying ( 1987 ) , was rapidly seen by many to be the finest critical miscellany in the language . |
| 14 | Ficulle is a small town with ancient origins , which still retains some of its medieval walls and watchtowers dating back to the 13th century . |
| 15 | Data collected by the RIBA shows that there has been a gradual fall in profit margins dating back to the early 1970s . |
| 16 | These liberal ideas date back to the 1880s , but it was the thirty |
| 17 | HISTORIC war department buildings in Essex are being restored to their former glory.Jobless volunteers have started clearing overgrowth from around the wartime buildings at Beacon Hill , Harwich , paving the way for full restoration work in the future.The work is being organised by NACRO , the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders , on behalf of the Essex Training and Enterprise Council.Project supervisor Ray Rawlinson said the 18 people working at Beacon Hill were long-term unemployed and did not have criminal records.The buildings date back to the Napoleonic wars were updated during the first and second world wars . |
| 18 | But the association between the two Banks dates back to the founding of the Royal in 1727 when Andrew Drummond acquired stock in the new banking enterprise . |
| 19 | The exquisite decor is tasteful and includes many antiques and paintings dating back to the original period . |
| 20 | Although some attempts at tackling air pollution problems date back to the last century or even earlier , most countries introduced their strategy for air pollution control in the 1950s , 1960s or 1970s . |
| 21 | Coloured eggs date back to the fourth century when it was forbidden to eat eggs during Lent ( the days leading up to Easter ) . |
| 22 | There had been for many years various organizations to co-ordinate Nonconformist work in both political and religious fields and the oldest bodies dated back to the previous century . |
| 23 | After violent storms the haul will often include valuable items dating back to the days when drowned sailors on the local beach was commonplace . |
| 24 | Part of a coffee grinder is also understood to have been found in the house along with newspapers dating back to the beginning of May . |
| 25 | Although it is over a year since the end of the Gulf War , the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and Information is still trying to recover various ancient treasures dating back to the prehistoric and Islamic periods which disappeared from museums in the north and the south of the country . |
| 26 | A strategy based on specialisation and tight cost controls dating back to the rescue period has provided the basis for the turnaround under chief executive Ron Garrick . |
| 27 | The Government investigations paint a picture of decadent fraud flourishing in a climate of lax controls dating back to the 19th century and policed by professional advisors who paid insufficient attention to the task at hand . |
| 28 | Comprises three limestone caves ( one of which is the longest in Britain ) all of which illustrate how they served as homes for both humans and animals : including the Bone cave , rich in archaeological evidence with details of the Flintsone-like inhabitants dating back to the Bronze Age . |
| 29 | The origins of Coombe House lie in the 14th century ( the surrounding farms date back to the 10th and 11th ) ; today it is a Georgian building with an attractive garden , the perimeter of which has been left to flourish without the interfering hand of man . |
| 30 | The cuttings date back to the beginning of the 1980s : ‘ If you read these stories day by day , you simply do n't realise how many there are . |