Example sentences of "[art] early [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 IN the early twenties the genre of the moving pictures went through the cultural life of the lieges of the auld toon of Glasgow , like a dose of the Epsom .
2 During the early 1960s a group of ten of the larger and richer members of the IMF agreed to make available to the Fund additional resources which could then be used by any member of this group of ten .
3 In the early 1960s a number of economists went so far as to argue that growth had to be export-led [ Kaldor , 1971 ] .
4 In the early 1960s a number of academic studies were published showing that the ‘ welfare state ’ had by no means abolished poverty .
5 In the early 1960s the king became a major actor in the events that led to independence for his country in 1968 .
6 Right from the early 1960s the attitude of local authorities and housing departments has been that ‘ ghettos ’ must be avoided at all costs , and even a handful of Asian families can make an area into a ghetto .
7 From the early 1960s the party had seen the issue of civil liberties as a key area of agitation .
8 In the early 1960s the market 's gross size was probably $20bil .
9 From the early 1960s the pattern of getting to work again changed , due to car and motorcycle ownership becoming common-place , and the work force being more than halved .
10 In the early 1960s the practice of fixed fifteen-minute sessions of Prime Minister 's Questions twice a week was established .
11 Since the early 1970s a variety of child abuse inquiries and DHSS circulars have emphasized that the establishment of child abuse registers , case conferences and increased inter-professional co-ordination will enhance the central aims of attempting to predict , prevent and identify the children who may be in actual or potential danger of child abuse .
12 In the early 1970s the concern was with the enormous increase in planning applications and planning appeals .
13 Moreover , as has been noted , by the early 1970s the structure of British industry was similar to that of the EEC countries as measured by the proportionate distribution of employment .
14 From the 1940s till the early 1970s the question asked was ‘ does social work work ? ’ , and the answers given , for example by Mullen and Dumpson ( 1972 ) , Fischer ( 1973 and 1976 ) , and Wood ( 1978 ) , were generally negative : social work intervention was apparently ineffective .
15 Between 1960 and the early 1970s the share of manufacturing industry in employment in Britain decreased and the total labour force itself declined from the mid 1960s .
16 Founded in the 1950s to encourage ecumenicalism , by the early 1970s the OCU had become a campaigning moral protest group , opposing abortion , liberal divorce laws , and seeking the ‘ advancement of Christian values ’ in education and broadcasting .
17 Since the early 1970s the proportion of adult cigarette smokers ( over 16 ) in Great Britain has been decreasing steadily [ 1 ] .
18 By the early 1970s the struggle was over , and the decline in the Chiefs of Staff 's activity and influence in national affairs was soon being reflected in the steady drop in the frequency of their meetings .
19 Between 1950 and the early 1970s the sector grew by just under 10 per cent and the increase was mainly made up of financial and commercial services .
20 In the early 1970s the price of investment goods rose slightly faster than the price of output , whereas in the 1960s the price of output had risen about 1 per cent faster than the price of investment goods .
21 From the early 1970s the idea of revivalism in consumption and aesthetic theory had become rampant , as people started to buy things for their ‘ kitsch ’ value or their references — note the Deco dream world of Biba 's store in Kensington High Street as the high water mark of this style in the United Kingdom .
22 From the mid 1960s to the early 1970s the finance of direct investment through foreign borrowing and overseas profits in fact resulted in a small net balance to be added to the reserves .
23 By the early 1970s the Senate was no longer controlled by an oligarchy .
24 But in the early 1970S the French and German governments were interested , like the Americans , in telecommunications .
25 In the early 1970s an organization was established to govern karate on a world scale and to promote it as a new and fascinating sport .
26 During the early 1900s the post office at Lowthorpe was a hive or activity .
27 In the early 1900s the initiative was with those lower down in the governing hierarchy than Lugard , and being the men they were , they took it .
28 By the early 1790s the argument was conducted in an atmosphere in which projects for reform were presented by their enemies as tantamount to a threat to stability and the preservation of civilised life in Britain .
29 By the early thirties a stage often called ‘ career launch ’ arrives .
30 Officials underwent no formal education in the eighteenth century , and in the early nineteenth the level of education in the provincial offices remained very low .
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