The phrase "affair dates back" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate the historical origin or beginning of a particular event, situation, or relationship.
Example: "The affair dates back to the early 1900s, when the two countries first established diplomatic relations."
Alternatives: "the affair originates from" or "the affair traces back to".
The 66-year-old Kotharis wildlife love affair dates back to his college days.
"There are no tanks, no soldiers, but it is still an occupation, and it weighs on people". "We're a month away from a regional election and this affair dates back five years," she told reporters.
The phone-hacking affair dates back to 2006 when Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire, a private detective who worked for the paper, admitted illegally accessing voicemails on mobile phones of aides to the British royal family amongst others.
My love of cars has been a slow-burning affair, dating back to childhood.
It also attacked Lagarde's reputation saying it was sullied by criminal allegations of negligence over €400m (£314m) of payments in the Bernard Tapie affair, dating back to when she was French finance minister.
Through Aug. 30, Bay Chamber Concerts, (207) 236-2823, www.bay chamberconcerts.org, presents performances every Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. at the historic Rockport Opera House, a white clapboard affair dating back to 1891 and seating 400 in modern padded seats.
Talk story about Lyonel Feininger, an American-born artist who, at the age of 73 will have a retrospective show next month at the Modern Museum, a one-man affair dating back to 1906, when Feininger, then a successful commercial artist became interested in modern trends in art.
By Matthew Josephson and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, September 30 , 1944P. 15 Talk story about Lyonel Feininger, an American-born artist who, at the age of 73 will have a retrospective show next month at the Modern Museum, a one-man affair dating back to 1906, when Feininger, then a successful commercial artist became interested in modern trends in art.
There are many issues involved in this extraordinary affair, which dates back to the screening of the programme three years ago this month, and has already been the subject of an internal inquiry.
As Fabrice Tourre, the bank's 31-year-old vice-president named in the case brought by the SEC stayed away from his desk in the London headquarters of the firm, calls were mounting for the City's watchdog, the FSA, to launch its own inquiry into the affair which dates back three years.
To put the DNC hack in context, the U.S. and Russia have a history of interfering in each other's political affairs that dates back to the 18th century, when Catherine The Great indirectly helped American colonists win the Revolutionary War.
