Example sentences of "in the early [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early conceptualization , the ego instincts served to preserve the individual , and the sexual instincts aimed at the preservation , through reproduction , of the species . |
| 2 | The Army grapevine had n't lost its bloom in the early heatwave : Apgood had a very good rundown on Maxim 's background . |
| 3 | In 1924 , he and his collaborator , Hilde Mangold , grafted a piece of tissue from a region in the early newt gastrula where cells from the outside are just beginning to stream inside , to the opposite side of another embryo . |
| 4 | Talking of ‘ inflation ’ — a neat theoretical idea of exponential growth in the early history of the universe that disposed of a lot of problems in the marriage between theoretical physics and cosmology — he refuses to subscribe to the overwhelming enthusiasm with which many scientists discuss the subject : |
| 5 | However , marine algae were very important in the early history of the evolution of the earth , and they are described in some detail in Chapters 7 and 8 . |
| 6 | In the early history of Rome the only times recognized in the daylight period were sunrise , midday , and sunset . |
| 7 | James Kasting , of the Pennsylvania State University , also told the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February 1990 that , judging from ancient craters on the moon , collisions with asteroids nearly 300 miles in diameter , hitting the Earth at more than 100,000 mph , were much more common in the early history of the solar system than today . |
| 8 | The problems thus posed are seen clearly in the early history of the British welfare state . |
| 9 | Tunnelling played an important part in the early history of quantum mechanics . |
| 10 | While in the early history of the struggle for freedom of speech the restrictions were enforced by criminal prosecutions , it is clear that a civil action is as great , if not a greater , restriction than a criminal prosecution . |
| 11 | A few years later , between 1743 and 1747 , he carried out some improvements to his property , partly remodelling the modest Elizabethan house in the Gothic style and building a picturesque thatched cottage and an octagonal Gothic tower on the nearby escarpment of Edgehill ; and these works at once establish Miller as an important figure in the early history of the Gothic revival . |
| 12 | The luminosity of the Sun in the early history of the Solar System was probably only about 70% of the present value . |
| 13 | Digna featured prominently in the early history of the ‘ Dolphin ’ . |
| 14 | But that English sources are silent about Hiring and trouble in the north in the 980s is not particularly significant : there is much silence in the early history of Northumbria . |
| 15 | Although this is in principle one of the simplest configurations and although it played such an important role in the early history of transition studies , the details of the transition process turn out to be relatively complex and are , quite possibly , not all known . |
| 16 | Poland 's official news agency PAP said Kohl flew home in the early afternoon . |
| 17 | When I 'm getting ready for a party — you know , you have a bath some time in the early afternoon or evening , you work out what to wear , you lay the things out on the bed that you vaguely know you look nice in , you roughly know what make-up suits you … well , that 's the point when I start thinking about my leg , and whether it will show . |
| 18 | Their calm , though , was shattered by the sudden explosion of a howitzer shell in the early afternoon of 11th July . |
| 19 | When he realised that if he had company already then , she 'd stay away , Hector made sure that he was alone in the early afternoon . |
| 20 | Silently , they walked past dozens of sprawled figures basking in the early afternoon sun until they came to a fairly quiet and deserted stretch of grass , beneath a plane tree . |
| 21 | I arrived at Annat in the early afternoon and was disappointed not to find any offers of refreshment on display . |
| 22 | In the early afternoon , Allied reserve divisions and tanks passed through their comrades ' lines and by about 15.10 the ridge in its entirety was securely held and all objectives taken . |
| 23 | And in the early afternoon , and before the hurrying British reinforcements could reach the crossroads , the Prince 's wish was granted . |
| 24 | The rain was briefly rather more solid in the early afternoon , but most of the time it was a minor sprinkle . |
| 25 | In general hospital settings , there is often a period of staff overlap in the early afternoon , which is ideal for teaching and learning . |
| 26 | The barrage at Nag Hammadi came into view in the early afternoon round a wide bend . |
| 27 | In the early afternoon the gate finally opened , and the crowd arose as one and began loading each other with boxes and sacks . |
| 28 | In the early afternoon the river breached its bank opposite the Tawfikia mosque and invaded part of the market . |
| 29 | On one occasion , when George Brown was to give a seminal broadcast on a new financial plan , Wigg , who had been assigned by the Prime Minister to ensure , or to endeavour to ensure , that Brown arrived at Broadcasting House respectably sober , could think of nothing better to do than to consign him in the early afternoon to the sitting-room in my flat at Ashley Gardens . |
| 30 | They came to Anoch in the early afternoon , having to break their journey early , because the opportunities for food and lodging were not evenly distributed between Fort Augustus and Glenelg : Johnson says , ‘ the only house , where we could be entertained , was not further off than a third of the way ’ . |