Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] late as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is that the invitation must have come rather late as Carolyn recalls : ‘ I walked in about six o'clock and Diana went : ‘ Quick , quick I 've got to meet Charles in twenty minutes . ’ |
| 2 | The objective is to start the budgeting process as late as possible in the preceding year while allowing budget-holders time to agree their budget before the start of the budget year . |
| 3 | Snow may linger as late as mid-July . |
| 4 | The cathedral was begun in the early thirteenth century and building continued till after 1300 , while a later choir and chapels were added as late as 1520 . |
| 5 | Substantial supplies had to wait on the mining of reefs first found as late as 1880 outcropping on the Tawmaw plateau . |
| 6 | Also , on many occasions , I have telephoned as late as 7.15pm only to hear ‘ today 's ’ forecast — at a cost of some 50–60p — but with no hint of when it will actually be updated with the outlook for tomorrow . |
| 7 | An ex-Marxian socialist in post-war Oxford , he was to avow as late as 1957 , in an address to the Fabian Society called Socialism and the Intellectuals , that he had voted Labour in every election since 1945 , and ‘ unless something very unexpected happens , I shall vote Labour to the end of my days — however depraved the Labour candidate may be , and however virtuous his opponent . ’ |
| 8 | It was designed for heavy goods haulage and was built as late as 1960 . |
| 9 | The house and park were made as late as the 1870s . |
| 10 | In our normal form only strictly necessary choices will be made , and these will be made as late as possible . |
| 11 | That his departure can be dated as late as the reign of Mehmed I Uzuncarsili 's alternative suggestion is , however , rendered unlikely by the fact that there exists a dated Rajab 808/December 1405-January 1406 which carries the signature of Ibrahim b . |
| 12 | It was common for disasters about to strike stocks to be revealed as late as possible . |
| 13 | Writing as late as 1971 , John Erickson could still pinpoint a widespread frustration with the absence of a clear C.-in-C. of the Armed Forces and with military policy imposed by ad hoc command changes rather than clear and systematic institutional mechanisms and procedures . |
| 14 | We wo n't get the coach parties if the show ends as late as it does now . ’ |
| 15 | In many cases the army was mustered as late as May , to allow snow to recede from remote areas , such as the much used Alpine passes . |
| 16 | The continuity of settlement pattern is more apparent in the upland North and West , where villages are less common , but here the colonization of the remoter areas , such as Cumbria , was still proceeding as late as the eighteenth century . |
| 17 | The south front was reconstructed as late as 1870 . |
| 18 | Michaelmas daisies , which flower as late as October , are a good source of nectar for peacocks and tortoiseshells that need to build themselves up before hibernating for the winter . |
| 19 | Children could leave school entirely at thirteen on possession of the ‘ labour certificate ’ , which required either a minimum attendance record or the passing of Standard VII , although it seems that the certificate was rarely if ever refused and 10 per cent of 10–15-year-old girls were fully employed as late as 1911 . |
| 20 | I only discovered that late as well when I became friends with John at college . |
| 21 | In the days following announcement of the inquiry , accusations were made against ministers , including in particular John Major , of attempting to cover up modifications made as late as July 1990 to the original 1985 policy towards exports to Iraq [ for which see p. 34515 ] , and of misleading the House of Commons in this respect . |
| 22 | Campbell Stephen prophesied as late as 1932 that the Labour Party would not function if the ILP disaffiliated from it . |
| 23 | In hepatectomized rats , DNA synthesis begins at 14h but can be inhibited by an α 1 -adrenergic inhibitor applied as late as 11h after partial hepatectomy . |
| 24 | This port , founded as late as 1 130 , very quickly came to enjoy all the characteristics of a boom town . |
| 25 | But the big freeze suprised the weathermen with warnings coming as late as 4am to council depots . |
| 26 | This seasonal element in warfare persisted as late as the nineteenth century , but in the period of Charles it was often impossible to wage war in the winter , both because of the weather , and because of the basic necessity to harvest crops in autumn for survival of the people . |
| 27 | Will the outswinger still swing as late as it did last summer ? ’ |
| 28 | Even the spread of increased educational opportunities to rural areas was opposed as late as 1944 on the grounds that farm workers would no longer ‘ know their place ’ . |
| 29 | Female visitors were cheap , a point in their favour which continued to be emphasised as late as 1920 , when the Local Government Board considered the possibility of using them to inspect the homes of widows drawing poor relief . |
| 30 | The latter so impressed George II that he had it hung on the walls of his apartment , and it was being printed as late as 1821 . |