Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] go back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The roots of parental involvement go back to the 1950s when primary schools began to have an identity of their own , an identity far removed from the old all-age elementary schools of pre-war years . |
| 2 | The roots of Serbian nationalism go back at least to the Empire of Stevan Dušan in the fourteenth century . |
| 3 | ‘ My love of English football goes back to 1973 when I was with Leigh . |
| 4 | She hastily returned it to its place , and in a state of some agitation went back to her car and sat there until she felt calm again . |
| 5 | The use of inspectors as a form of central supervision goes back to the Poor Law reform of 1834 . |
| 6 | Sure enough , there is observational evidence of such clusters going back to the 11 000 nebular objects listed in J. L. E. Dreyer 's New General Catalogue , in the 1890s , long before Hubble 's discovery of their true nature . |
| 7 | Exactly why is unclear as the origins of these vineyards go back to the days of the Knights Templars . |
| 8 | The first indisputable evidence of the use of nailed horseshoes goes back to the ninth century . |
| 9 | According to Bernard , as there was a long and well-established tradition of acceptability of anti-predestinarian theology going back to 1559 and beyond , the events of the 1630s did not represent any sea-change in the doctrinal position of the English church . |
| 10 | The story of fluorescent lighting goes back to 1930 when research began at the GEC research laboratories in Wembley . |
| 11 | Some aspects of open enrolment go back to the 1980 Education Act . |
| 12 | Evidence of ritual burial goes back at least to Neanderthal man and possibly even earlier . |