Example sentences of "[noun sg] as recently as " in BNC.

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1 Although present in Langstone Harbour there are now no beds of Zostera species in either Sussex estuary , although these certainly existed in the early years of this century , and Z. angustifolia was recorded near the Hayling shore of Chichester Harbour as recently as 1963 .
2 Regular watchers of Rugby Special will have seen Llanelli , who beat Australia earlier in the season , playing some magnificent rugby as recently as last Saturday , when Stephens scored two tries in the victory over Cardiff , who meet Ayr at Millbrae tonight .
3 Er coming next to our priorities on special educational needs , erm I attended a , a and conference as recently as last Saturday and I did n't know it all already , I did , er I am now determined that
4 That sum was the Bundesliga transfer record as recently as last season and has only risen to £3.3m since Mattheus Sammer left Italy for Borussia Dortmund .
5 Inexperienced as well as black , he would have stood no chance of a studio contract as recently as five years ago .
6 Some sources suggest that as much as 4.5% of the Aube was planted with this variety as recently as ten or I 5 years ago .
7 Ironically , a 14-club league was vetoed by nine of the members of the Super League as recently as last month .
8 Water that was clear and alive with wildlife as recently as the late 1940s is now murky and almost lifeless .
9 This was still the situation as recently as the 19405 .
10 And yet when justifying the shedding of the Buckfastleigh line as recently as 1990 , the DVR Company 's General Manager publicly claimed the original Dart Valley line was uneconomic ; losing £100,000 a year , and a financial drain on the Torbay line 's profitability !
11 Grants to commuter services in the South are to be abolished by 1992/93 , having run at over £300million a year as recently as 1985/86 .
12 She said this last doubtfully because she had seen the School as recently as Jarvis had and could not imagine any ‘ civilized people ’ renting it .
13 A leading centre of kersey manufacture , Newbury had been the stamping ground of the celebrated John Winchcombe until his death as recently as 1519 .
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