Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [v-ing] back " in BNC.

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1 This is revealed in texts going back to about 2000 BC , notably in the ‘ Sumerian King List ’ which begins with a sequence of eight kings , presumably fabulous , whose reigns add up to a total of 241,200 years !
2 And I discover too that he is the culmination of centuries of God 's revelation recorded in documents going back hundreds of years before his time .
3 It is said that the pattern is mentioned in records dating back to the fifth century BC , which is to say that it was known well before the Roman invasion .
4 Seeds of Acer are rare compared with the leaves , which can be found in rocks dating back to the Cretaceous period .
5 Species superficially resembling Terebratula maxima may be found all over the world in rocks going back at least to the Jurassic period .
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