Example sentences of "of [noun] dates [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The concept of TQM dates back to the postwar period when a tried to persuade corporate heads that business should become service driven . ’
2 Well , I will have you know that the office of coroner dates back to the twelfth century , before civil servants were thought of !
3 The first known use of carburisation and quenching of iron dates back to the eleventh and tenth centuries BC in Cyprus and Palestine .
4 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 .
5 Though build-about 1740 this timber frame type of construction dates back to the Middle Ages .
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