Example sentences of "and as early as " in BNC.
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1 | Anyway , Glasgow people have always had a natural ability to entertain others , if not themselves , and as early as 11 November 1699 , a certain John Smith , not related to the John Smith who is a regular guest at a major hotel in the city , received permission from the Town Council to teach dancing . |
2 | It was frightening and exhausting for him , and as early as I dared I telephoned the doctor , who came quickly and prescribed Largactil . |
3 | Cognos ' core development work is all done on Sun workstations at its Ottawa R&D centre , and as early as last June a version of PowerHouse 7.0 for SunOs was finished and ready to ship , simply awaiting the executive green light . |
4 | The war had no sooner ended than a Mass Observation report Puzzled People ( 1947 ) described how ‘ the explosion or disintegration of orthodox beliefs has left a vacuum ’ , and as early as 1950 the ‘ quest for a post-war purpose ’ was being anxiously scrutinised in a study of young people 's lives . |
5 | A Steamship Owners ' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association had been formed as early as 1874 which later became part of a North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association , and as early as 1878 shipowners of the north-east were complaining of the " tyrannical " attempts of a " dictatorial body of unionists " ' to impose demands on the industry , establishing in 1885 a Central Association of Shipowners of Sunderland , Glasgow and Newcastle to put their views to the Royal Commission of 1886 on Chamberlain 's proposed Shipping Bill . |
6 | He too had been influenced by Lyell , and as early as 1855 had published a paper commenting on the fact that new species always seemed to appear in the same neighbourhood as a closely related existing species . |
7 | Market research surveys were probably the first type of opinion survey to be used and as early as the first decade of the twentieth century . |
8 | Military planning and preparations were begun , and as early as 5 August Eden was suggesting to Eisenhower that if Nasser could be compelled to " disgorge his spoils " the " secondary objective " — the collapse of his regime — might follow . |
9 | And as early as the fifth game of the league campaign , following defeat at Distillery , Mr B told anyone who cared to listen that ‘ Linfield 's league title hopes were slipping away ’ . |