Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] back to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that the official in charge of antiquities at the Nasiriya Museum had received from the Americans a ‘ very small number ’ of terracotta objects dating back to the dawn of mankind and the Babylonian period , some of which had only recently been broken . |
| 2 | The objects offered in the present sale have been culled from ‘ [ secret ] warehouses dating back to the start of the Revolution in 1949 and also from the time of the Cultural Revolution ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The old Roman calendar of festivals contained a cycle of urban celebrations reaching back to the city 's legendary foundation . |
| 5 | To understand the meaning of survival , stand beneath a maidenhair tree ( Ginkgo biloba ) or a dawn redwood ( Metasequoia glyptostoboides ) ; both are well represented in Trust gardens and both are ‘ living fossils ’ with pedigrees stretching back to the age of the dinosaurs . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Part of a coffee grinder is also understood to have been found in the house along with newspapers dating back to the beginning of May . |
| 8 | A strategy based on specialisation and tight cost controls dating back to the rescue period has provided the basis for the turnaround under chief executive Ron Garrick . |
| 9 | Comprises three limestone caves ( one of which is the longest in Britain ) all of which illustrate how they served as homes for both humans and animals : including the Bone cave , rich in archaeological evidence with details of the Flintsone-like inhabitants dating back to the Bronze Age . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Of course , stories of ex-smokers drifting back to the fold are commonplace . |
| 13 | It has records going back to the reign of Henry II in about 1165 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Crane was up at the corner to stop the others breaking back to the north . |
| 16 | It was proposed that the students of Torcy 's academy should be employed in making " a more complete and exact collection of peace-treaties " , with an accompanying commentary ; while the largest such enterprise hitherto , the Corps universel diplomatique du droit des gens of J. Dumont de Carlscroon ( twelve volumes : Amsterdam — The Hague , 1726 ) , an assembly of documents reaching back to the age of Charlemagne and drawn from sources all over Europe , was designed mainly as a help in policy-making and a kind of portable archive for the use of diplomats . |
| 17 | Among the innumerable items which they brought away from Little Lea — a lumpish wardrobe to which Jack had a sentimental attachment , for instance — there were countless letters , diaries and family papers stretching back to the lifetime of their Lewis and Hamilton grandparents . |
| 18 | Fourteen words went down before he stopped , hand slackening , thoughts dipping back to the girl he had seen late last night in the coffee bar . |
| 19 | But it went on to slam British Rail for using ancient commuter trains with parts dating back to the steam age . |