Example sentences of "[noun pl] date back [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actual yeoman costumes date back to the 1940s . |
| 2 | These liberal ideas date back to the 1880s , but it was the thirty |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Coloured eggs date back to the fourth century when it was forbidden to eat eggs during Lent ( the days leading up to Easter ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Teacher placement in industry have formed the backbone of the UBI activities since the project was set up in 1977 , but formal schemes date back to the early 1960s , with LEAs such as Leicestershire acting as pioneers in the field when the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) first piloted the three week Introduction to Industry Scheme for teachers . |
| 8 | But what one means by ‘ the first LP ’ depends very much on your definition of LP ; long-playing records of various types date back to the 1900s , as we shall see later . |
| 9 | Presumably such militias date back to the last years of the Roman period , although there is no evidence for them in the fifth century . |