Example sentences of "early as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact of these men 's having been guided argues a body of local botanical knowledge as early as the first part of the 17th century . |
| 2 | A work as early as The British Museum Is Falling Down ( 1965 ) , about the Rhythm Method of Catholic-approved contraception , was conceived as a movie by Mel Frank but never born . |
| 3 | Giants , trailing by seven points after the first leg , took an aggregate lead as early as the fourth minute , but their game never flowed as missed shots and tired , sloppy defence allowed the Finns to stay in touch through their prolific three-point shooters . |
| 4 | On the subject of rest , you twitched a bit when Palin was referring to feeling weary as early as the second day . |
| 5 | The rival method of using metal rollers for milling corn had been tried as early as the sixteenth century but was generally only adopted for malt-milling until , in 1834 , a Swiss engineer substituted rollers for the original stones in the reconstruction of an existing mill . |
| 6 | From as early as the 1860s , Western scientists have been interested in how these colours were produced . |
| 7 | As early as the 1380s , and as recently as the 1520s , the presence of French troops in Scotland had produced hostility rather than amity . |
| 8 | Norwich will feel they should have scored as early as the second minute . |
| 9 | Carr started to bleed slightly above his left eye as early as the second round , and he was twice in danger of being disqualified for using his head rather than his fists . |
| 10 | That commitment was evident as early as the 14th minute when international midfielder Jim Bett struck a vicious drive from the edge of the penalty area . |
| 11 | The bond issue , which could be launched as early as the end of this year , would be the first capital raising in an east European home market by the bank , which was set up by western governments in London in 1991 to catalyse investment in the former communist countries . |
| 12 | Yet in France , even as early as the Janaury draw for the challengers ' trials , the event was screened nationally — and special television walls were installed in Tokyo stations to carry pictures in Japan . |
| 13 | As early as the 17th minute , Johnson sold McCarthy an extravagant dummy and hit a 20-yard shot that just cleared Digweed 's crossbar . |
| 14 | As early as the 17th century apothecaries were using liquorice extracts to treat ‘ inflamed stomachs ’ just as the ancient Chinese had done centuries before . |
| 15 | Large ferns were present as early as the Upper Devonian and different genera as large or larger were significant components of forests during the Carboniferous to Cenozoic . |
| 16 | Commerce was the raison d'être of the Old Town and possibly as early as the 10C it embraced a huge mix of nationalities . |
| 17 | Jews settled in Czechoslovakia as early as the 10C , but it was not until the 13 and 14C that a small Jewish community became a feature of every large town . |
| 18 | As early as the time of Saul the festival of the new moon was celebrated with great solemnity . |
| 19 | Complaints about the behaviour of some tourists began as early as the 1850s . |
| 20 | A mission had been established there as early as the 1830s and the Liliuokalani Protestant Church , named after Hawaii 's last queen , was still standing . |
| 21 | Although the crossbow is known to have existed as early as the fourth century , its main use was as a hunting weapon and it was not until the latter part of the twelfth century that it became a major military weapon . |
| 22 | As early as the summer of 1912 , the year of the Titanic and of the Suffragettes and of the first Variety Performance by Royal Command at the new Palladium Theatre , Europe was already building up its armies . |
| 23 | Extensive lead mining was done on Grassington Moor , north-east of this Wharfedale village , from at least as early as the Tudor period , and some remains of the industry are still to be seen , mainly dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . |
| 24 | It was there as early as the thirteenth century , parts of it being from time to time rebuilt or embellished . |
| 25 | I mentioned earlier the finding that ( from as early as the second year of life ) boys are , on average , more aggressive than girls ; and there are also differences in the way in which the sexes express their hostility . |
| 26 | While the problem was recognised as early as the 1930s , when institutions and regulations were created to combat it , these have been either ignored altogether or simply not enforced . |
| 27 | Other material of wide interest dates from as early as the Saxon period . |
| 28 | The term ‘ modern ’ is interpreted widely , for some works date from as early as the sixteenth century . |
| 29 | In previous chapters we have seen how the ancient manor of Combsburgh had been partially enclosed as early as the fourteenth century , especially in the areas close to the market town , and how the bulk of the field structure had been established by the late sixteenth century . |
| 30 | As early as the thirteenth century , powers to control the street had been central to the police mandate . |