Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] early as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should be got rid of as early as possible . |
| 2 | Kleon , in Aristophanes ' Knights , is represented as a ‘ lover of the demos ’ , but Philodemos occurs as a proper name in an Athenian casualty-list of as early as c.460 ( ML 33 ) ; more important , Kleisthenes in the sixth century had taken the demos into partnership , as Herodotus puts it , and Pericles in the 460s had won over the people with jury pay . |
| 3 | Clearly , whatever the problems it is important that they are dealt with as early as possible . |
| 4 | Ernie Walker , the retiring secretary of the SFA , said yesterday that Scottish football could have a two-month winter shut-down scheduled for as early as next season . |
| 5 | Ernie Walker , the retiring secretary of the SFA , said yesterday that Scottish football could have a two-month winter shut-down scheduled for as early as next season . |
| 6 | And the ore was certainly found , for as early as 1975 Lang 's fortune was estimated at between £40 million and £90 million . |
| 7 | Mechanical joins such as rivets are easily recognised but , from as early as 2500 BC in Sumer , smiths developed methods of joining one metal with another of a lower melting point . |
| 8 | From as early as the 1860s , Western scientists have been interested in how these colours were produced . |
| 9 | I mentioned earlier the finding that ( from as early as the second year of life ) boys are , on average , more aggressive than girls ; and there are also differences in the way in which the sexes express their hostility . |
| 10 | Other material of wide interest dates from as early as the Saxon period . |
| 11 | The term ‘ modern ’ is interpreted widely , for some works date from as early as the sixteenth century . |
| 12 | A popular resort , its beaches stretch for miles and the city 's particular charm lies in its past — we visited underground Minoan tombs and explored an old Venetian town , dominated by a well-preserved fortezza and mosques dating from as early as 1670 . |
| 13 | A church has stood in Lowthorpe from as early as the Norman Conquest . |
| 14 | The sculptures are almost entirely of Flemish origin and date from as early as the sixteenth century . |
| 15 | Much of the attack on the slave trade from as early as the end of the 1780s to the debates of 1806 could equally have been , and was , an attack on slavery . |
| 16 | Even so , it is worth getting to know and keeping a sharp look out for the signs from as early as May on , because if you act quickly enough it is possible to stop the attack before it spreads through the rest of the foliage by picking off , and , this is important , burning the infected parts . |
| 17 | The Romans were taking the Merano Cure from as early as the 4th century and its spring waters are said to be among the best in the world . |
| 18 | Children repair what they themselves say from as early as one or one-and-a-half years of age . |
| 19 | What was long ago fished for from Saint-Jean , as from Biarritz , was whales , from as early as the eleventh century and as far away as Newfoundland . |
| 20 | From as early as 1906 , therefore , they showed greater concern to restrain than to encourage mass protest against the high-handed actions of the autocracy . |
| 21 | In planning its programme the Association emphasized its international objectives advertising , for example , from as early as 1924 , annual holidays at two centres in the USSR : a ‘ unique opportunity to experience the USSR 's great natural beauty , priceless and world famous works of art , gigantic collective farms and the thrill of seeing in progress the greatest social experiment in the world 's history . ’ |
| 22 | Tentative articles in The Shield from as early as 1905 began to reconsider the role of science in promoting moral reform . |
| 23 | Indeed , Rous claimed that he had petitioned Parliament in 1459 asking for legislation on enclosures , and although no such petition is preserved , there is one from as early as 1414 from the village of Chesterton in Cambridgeshire referring to depopulation there ( 19 , pp.276–7 ; 58 , pp.81–2 , 102–3 , 148 ) . |
| 24 | From as early as 1708 most Tories were pushing for peace , so long as suitable terms could be reached with France . |
| 25 | Whether their monetary policy from as early as 1970 was designed to force such a devaluation is another question . |
| 26 | Lyndall Sachs of the Belgrade office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it was hoped that another convoy could be sent in as early as today . |
| 27 | Innovations in the curriculum included vocal music and Natural Science ( though lectures on Geology , Chemistry , and Zoology had been arranged since as early as 1871 ) . |
| 28 | A cheese resembling Camembert was the glory of Cottenham in Cambridgeshire , where records for cheese making go back to as early as 1280 ; and production ceased only in the mid-nineteenth century with the enclosure of the common fen . |
| 29 | The 23-year-old was on as early as the eighth minute when Andy Myers hobbled off after taking a knock . |