Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [adv] [adv] as [num] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 The Football League had been founded as recently as 1888 , with its base firmly in the North and Midlands .
5 Autumn arrival has been noted as early as 10 July , but usually starts in late October , and passage has been noted in November .
6 Arrival had been noted as early as 27 February ( 1971 ) , however , and some passage continues until mid-May .
7 Penetrating theorems about these rings have been obtained as recently as 1960 by A W Goldie .
8 Horse races on the sands of Leith have been recorded as early as 1504 but were not properly organized until 1665 , when the town council took charge .
9 They had been suggested as early as 3 August by VTsIK , but typically no action was taken until the Communist Party had time to look into the question .
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