Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] long ago as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This showed that as long ago as 1923 a research worker drew attention to the usefulness of vibration to aid speechreading . |
| 2 | If experiments such as creep or stress relaxation are performed on the same sample of a polymer over a range of temperatures a pattern of behaviour is apparent that as long ago as 1943 led to the proposal of a " master curve " to which all observations could be reduced . |
| 3 | In such surveys , however , such as that of 100 primary schools implementing the national curriculum , the conclusion was that as long ago as autumn 1989 " the best work seen in year 1 classes fully met , and went beyond , the requirements of the National Curriculum attainment targets and programmes of study in the core subjects " ( HMI 1990 ) . |
| 4 | Although as long ago as the early 1970s it had been shown that protein synthesis inhibitors were without effect on habituation and sensitization , it was not until the mid-1980s that Kandel turned his attention to the longer-term cellular processes . |
| 5 | Like the hon. Gentleman , I well recall the Second Reading debate of the Shops Bill 1986 which followed upon the discussions and deliberations of the Auld committee which , since as long ago as 1985 , had been engaged in a series of debates about Sunday trading . |