Example sentences of "[vb pp] as early as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the Geneva conference requirement that heavy weapons in the area be placed under UN supervision from Sept. 12 [ see above ] , renewed artillery attacks were reported as early as Sept. 14 in Sarajevo ( which was suffering severe water and electricity shortages as supply lines were interrupted ) . |
| 2 | Hall 's positive views about the timing of the judges ' appointments probably originated as early as 1835 , when the plans for the new Houses of Parliament were being considered . |
| 3 | Excavations have shown that the extensive legionary fortress near Inchtuthil , north of Perth , had to be evacuated as early as AD 87 before construction had been completed . |
| 4 | There is usually a waiting list , so places should be booked as early as possible . |
| 5 | There is usually a waiting list , so places should be booked as early as possible . |
| 6 | Pressure on the government to intervene had come as early as 1952 with the publication of the Church of England Moral Welfare Council 's Report entitled The Problem of Homosexuality which advocated reform of the law . |
| 7 | Also , the Euboian cleruchy may actually and ironically have accelerated the revolt it was designed to prevent — because cleruchiea had a garrison function ; but if the cleruchy was installed as early as 450 it can not have been an immediate grievance . |
| 8 | There is an ancient variant in the Lucan version of the Lord 's Prayer , which is attested as early as Marcion in the second century and reads , ‘ May thy Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us , ’ instead of , ‘ Thy kingdom come . ’ |
| 9 | A Security Council vote to enforce its no-fly zone declaration had been expected as early as yesterday but it was postponed because of arduous negotiations over a final text , including the grace period before shoot-down or other orders could be issued . |
| 10 | Although Cockermouth was leased as early as the thirteenth century , the family 's five Yorkshire manors were still in demesne in 1352 , three of these being leased by 1405 and all by 1416 , while their four Sussex manors were all leased between 1405 and 1416 . |
| 11 | The National Bank was built as early as 1830 and in JTR 's time there was a comparable expansion of its administrative function just as today with all branches of government represented within a hand 's throw of the Square . |
| 12 | The first serious attempt was made as early as 1869 by a young Swiss doctor , Johannes Friedrich Miescher ( 1844–1894 ) , whose uncle was Wilhelm His ( 1831–1904 ) , a most unusual anatomist who maintained the forward-looking proposition ‘ La solution finale du problème du développement tissulaire se trouve dans la chimie ’ ( The final solution of the problem of development of organs is to be found in chemistry ) . |
| 13 | Application for admission to HND courses should be made as early as possible , and preferably before 31 January of the proposed year of entry to the University . |
| 14 | In 1972–3 full-time courses in the polytechnics began to offer computing studies as part of the normal curriculum and attempts were also made as early as 1969 to include a European language ; while the latter proved to be an irrelevance , the former has certainly not . |
| 15 | Tolkien and Lewis had met as early as 1926 ; in 1939 Charles Williams had moved as a publisher from London to Oxford , and by the last years of the war Christian revival was in active literary life . |
| 16 | For although Cabezón 's compositions first appeared in print in Luys Venegas de Henestrosa 's Libro de cifra ( figure notation ) nueva para tecla ( keyboard ) , harpay vihuela ( Alcala , 1557 ) , and the rest of them only in the Obras de musica published posthumously by his son ( Madrid , 1578 ) , no doubt many had been written as early as the lute pieces in Narvaez 's Delphin de musica ( Valladolid , 1538 ) . |
| 17 | Strictly visual language to make scientific points had been used as early as 1555 by Pierre Belon in his Oiseaux , where he put the skeleton of a man and a bird side by side to demonstrate their unity of plan , or homology . |
| 18 | For maximum efficiency all of these drugs should be used as early as possible in the treatment of the disease since clinical signs associated with pulmonary pathology are not rapidly resolved by mere removal of adult lungworms . |
| 19 | Over the Easter weekend there were complaints that the toilets were closed as early as five p.m . |
| 20 | It is important that if this staff member should leave , his departure should be anticipated as early as possible and the patient helped to accept it , otherwise it is very likely to provoke another crisis and further admission . |
| 21 | In previous chapters we have seen how the ancient manor of Combsburgh had been partially enclosed as early as the fourteenth century , especially in the areas close to the market town , and how the bulk of the field structure had been established by the late sixteenth century . |
| 22 | The condition of many villages points to depopulation , but , although Sezincote had been enclosed as early as 1486 , the region as a whole was ‘ remarkably free ’ of depopulating enclosure . |
| 23 | Ekwall ( 1975 ) , citing Walker , notes that [ h ] -loss might have occurred as early as 1791 ; Brunner ( 1963 : 5 ) dismisses early ME spelling evidence with the remark that Anglo-Norman scribes were prone to use initial h ‘ incorrectly ’ . |
| 24 | The intention of this law is in doubt ; the idea that it was specifically directed against Kimon , whose mother was Thracian , fails because Kimon is now thought to have died as early as 451 , too early for the law to have touched him . |
| 25 | It also reached out into the social and anthropological fields , and indeed a special journal linking it with linguistics was founded as early as 1859 . |
| 26 | In Cuba , where the first line was opened as early as 1837 , there were two main systems , British-owned in the west and American-owned in the east , by the end of the century . |
| 27 | A preliminary draft of the disclosure letter and all relevant documents should be requested as early as possible in the negotiations for , in many respects , it is as important as the sale agreement . |
| 28 | But their magnetism was beginning to be challenged as early as 1953 by Marilyn Monroe , playing the busty gold-digger , Lorelei Lee , in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes alongside Jane Russell , whose bust , supported by a specially cantilevered bra designed by her master Howard Hughes , was the most noticeable asset she had . |
| 29 | Pancreatic hyperplasia can be detected as early as one week after 90% PSBR and persists for at least six months . |
| 30 | The car , which could have raced as early as May , will be fully prepared for action with Prost behind the wheel next season . |