Example sentences of "early than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Douglas found in the early 1960s that even among the most able , working-class pupils were more likely to leave school early than middle-class pupils with the same IQ scores . |
| 2 | The two-year diploma course student will , of course , join the finals group earlier than the three-year course student . |
| 3 | One theory is there should be Sydney , a week earlier than at present , leading into the Australian Open , the Stella Artois Championships as the traditional prelude to Wimbledon , plus Cincinnati and Indianapolis on the way into the U.S. Open . |
| 4 | On the London Midland Region , electric trains of Class 313 commenced running , a year earlier than anticipated , between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey on 11 July , on which line a further new station — How Wood — opened later in the year . |
| 5 | Mr Livingstone argued that the move towards unity was merely the normal pre-election loyalty which the party usually showed ; the only difference this time was that it was happening 18 months earlier than normal . |
| 6 | Its decision , which was reached a week earlier than expected , came despite threats to kill 10 judges for every trafficker extradited . |
| 7 | On the road , the biggest difference you notice with the diesel is the need to change up a gear slightly earlier than in a petrol car . |
| 8 | The revolution in glasshouses had surely started rather earlier than that with the radical design built in 1820 by W&D Bailey of Holborn for Lady Rolle at Bicton in Devon . |
| 9 | THE LAW COMMISSION 's report on computer hacking is to be published on Tuesday , two months earlier than planned and in time to allow ministers to put proposals for legislation into the Queen 's Speech , should they so wish , writes Mary Fagan . |
| 10 | Training for the new season began on 20 June , earlier than at many professional clubs , and even more astoundingly among amateurs , Dennis 's players renounce mid-week alcohol . |
| 11 | It is reinforced by the further recognition that what is now valid may well not be in the future , and that some people see earlier than others when changes in accepted opinions and values are needed . |
| 12 | One can imagine his dismay when he returned to the port and found the ship had gone — either earlier than planned or because the crew did n't want to be caught helping him . |
| 13 | As the text of the gospels was dissected , there came indeed to appear layers or strata ; some bits looked earlier than others ; the documents were made up out of a weaving of stories and sayings circulating in the earliest Church and then put together by a single hand or more than one hand . |
| 14 | She rose even earlier than usual next morning . |
| 15 | Mona and Sheila rose earlier than usual the next morning . |
| 16 | ‘ I think it 's time to say the Rosary , ’ he said earlier than usual , taking out his beads . |
| 17 | Tony tells us about his lone stay in the Westmann Islands off Iceland when I had to leave four days earlier than him . |
| 18 | They had left Eastover days earlier than had been expected . |
| 19 | Individuals go to bed later or earlier than average on certain occasions , as can be seen by close inspection of Fig. 2.2 . |
| 20 | Less sleep is needed by the elderly , but the habits of a lifetime might not be changed automatically , with the result that individuals retire earlier than necessary and too much time is spent in bed . |
| 21 | At this point they would go to bed slightly earlier than the rest of us ( because they were tired ) , and start the delaying process all over again . |
| 22 | For the first day or so after the flight you might find it helps to retire to bed one or two hours earlier than your normal time — but no earlier than that ! |
| 23 | For four members of the guard , returning from a patrol of the barrack perimeter , morning has come earlier than for most . |
| 24 | ‘ They were n't cut because the course was opened earlier than expected , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 25 | She could virtually match the data bases of bodies like UCCA for up-to-the-minute information , and she saw earlier than most the new opportunities opening up in Europe for higher education students . |
| 26 | Their brains are as large and as complex as ours , and in fact evolved to this size and complexity several million years earlier than human brains . |
| 27 | These changes should allow the bureau to release the first summary reports in late spring next year , some six months or so earlier than in 1980 . |
| 28 | Because this song was simply handed down from one generation of drill sergeants to another , the symbolism may have origins much earlier than a superficial analysis may indicate . |
| 29 | Just as dramatically , radiocarbon dating has shown that the Neolithic was introduced to Britain at least 1500 years earlier than previously believed . |
| 30 | She seemed annoyed about this : ‘ But he went on his rounds earlier than he should have done , see , and so he found her before me . |