Example sentences of "[verb] at an [adj] date " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has also seemed to be a tendency among excavators either to cling rigidly to the date of a coin , or in the case of a pottery assemblage , to aim at an average date ; perhaps in some of the excavations of the thirties , the methods used were not refined enough for a director even to be sure that all the pottery came from a particular stratified layer , and if , therefore , a few sherds appeared which were out of dating context with the main assemblage , they could be put aside as ‘ intrusions ’ and ignored . |
| 2 | Delegates at the second annual congress of the movement voted overwhelmingly early yesterday to approve a programme designed to build an independent economy and social structure in Latvia before the republic secedes at an unspecified date . |
| 3 | The Banks have also agreed to give the IBOA information on staff and payroll costs at an early date . |
| 4 | Bettino Craxi , whose leadership of the Socialist Unity Party was under serious challenge [ see p. 39114 ] , announced on Nov. 7 that he proposed to resign at an unspecified date and suggested Prime Minister Giuliano Amato as his successor . |
| 5 | Occupation outside the main fort at Ilchester clearly began at an early date and probably included native elements . |
| 6 | Impending bankruptcy It may be preferred to activate the power to expel at an earlier date in the bankruptcy process so as to minimise the damage caused to the firm by protracted , and possibly contested proceedings . |
| 7 | The measures would remain in place for 12 months , unless rescinded at an earlier date . |
| 8 | Habari ya Mwezi , started at an early date by the UMCA , has already been mentioned , but failed to become an important vehicle for African opinion . |
| 9 | Since the matter is important , I wonder if you would take the trouble to write to me again , indicating particularly whether such other arrangements as you will be making are likely to commence at an earlier date than one might otherwise suppose . |
| 10 | The design and printing of the posters should be discussed at an early date with the Cartographic Unit . |
| 11 | Deviations from ancient routes appeared at an early date . |
| 12 | Two members were appointed to assist the Librarian to catalogue and number the books in the Library and have them ready for distributing at an early date . |
| 13 | The joint chiefs of staff reviewed the role of Japan in defence policy and recommended to James Forrestal , the Secretary of Defense , on 1 March 1949 that in consequence of the serious world crisis and the probability of this crisis deepening , appropriate measures should be taken at an early date so that the ‘ military potential ’ of Japan could be utilised should events warrant it . |
| 14 | It would be anomalous if the right to rescind was lost at an earlier date when the misrepresentation does not become a term of the contract . |
| 15 | Everywhere , he said , he found ‘ a real sense all the parties want the negotiations to succeed and to resume at an early date . ’ |
| 16 | They were first styled nobiles viri only in 1256 , and a tendency towards a late crystallization of a titled noblesse at this level is found in much of south-west France , with the possible exception of the vicomté of Béarn and other areas where primogeniture and impartible inheritance were established at an earlier date . |
| 17 | As a result of that meeting , the leaders agreed to meet together to discuss the obstacles in the way of further political dialogue in the hope that new talks might be able to begin at an early date . |
| 18 | Sigeberht the Good , king of the eastern Saxons , over whom Oswiu 's influence had been considerable , was murdered at an unknown date ( but well before 664 for Sigeberht 's successor was dead by 664 ) and replaced by Swithhelm , son of Seaxbald ( HE 111 , 22 ) ( see Appendix , Fig. 2 ) . |