Example sentences of "[verb] [been] traced [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The choice of 6 January for this purpose has been traced back to the gnostic Christians of Egypt , the corresponding date in the calendar used there being traditionally associated with the blessing of the Nile . |
| 2 | This tradition has been traced back to the sixth century AD . |
| 3 | A spokesman for the ministry confirmed that an outbreak of food poisoning in Bedworth in July had been traced back to the monastery . |
| 4 | An NRA spokesman said the spillage had been traced back to the Lartington Treatment Works , where there had been no threat to drinking water . |
| 5 | The origins of the black cat , as a distinct colour type , have been traced back to the ancient Phoenicians , who sneaked some of the sacred cats out of Egypt and began trading in them around the Mediterranean . |