Example sentences of "[noun sg] dates [adv prt] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This attractive country home dates back to the 16th century when it was once a farm labourer 's cottage . |
| 3 | Stoneywood Mill dates back to the eighteenth century , and is now part of the Wiggins Teape Group . |
| 4 | New Hall dates back to the 12th century and is reputed to be the oldest fully moated manor house in England . |
| 5 | Well , I will have you know that the office of coroner dates back to the twelfth century , before civil servants were thought of ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The first known use of carburisation and quenching of iron dates back to the eleventh and tenth centuries BC in Cyprus and Palestine . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Some of the property dates back to the fifteenth or sixteenth century and have old world gardens . |
| 10 | There was a church on this spot in the ninth century , and part of the existing building dates back to the thirteenth century ( including the tower which houses the record-breaking clock ) . |
| 11 | Laugharne Castle dates back to the 12th century and Carmarthen Castle to 1109 , restored some 200 years later by Edward I at a cost of £169 15s. 6d ! |