Example sentences of "[noun pl] going back [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the biggest problem with the Severin thesis is that recent work in Mesoamerican archaeology , and the deciphering of Mayan hieroglyphic codes , make it clear that the classic Mayan civilisation ( AD300 to AD900 ) had precursors going back to the Olmecs in 1000BC and earlier . |
| 2 | As a matter of principle , the bank in such circumstances should not be entitled to rely on the transaction and this is the view which has been taken by a series of authorities going back to the beginning of this century . |
| 3 | The retirement of Sergeant Merrey marked the end of another era — not only the departure of a friend and character , but the last of a long line of School Sergeants going back to the appointment of Sgt. Sash in 1888 . |
| 4 | Others , being anciently established , also have manuscript materials going back to the days of their foundation in the Middle Ages or the Tudor period . |
| 5 | It has , of course , been a problem with star conductors going back to the time of Nikisch that the conductor can come to seem more charismatic than the music he is conducting . |
| 6 | It was a culmination of measures going back to the middle of the nineteenth century , but more particularly government experience since the 1890s. and above all , a shift in attitudes towards State-provided housing . |
| 7 | These are abused young children going back to a parent and troubled adolescents returning home from residential care . |
| 8 | It has records going back to the reign of Henry II in about 1165 . |
| 9 | Even Nutty could see what an apathetic beast he was , and her heart contracted suddenly at the thought of their four stupid old horses going back to the knacker 's . |