Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] earlier in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition parties boycotted the first day of the budget session of the Lok Sabha on Feb. 21 , and two state governors were replaced earlier in the month , in connection with the decision to impose president 's rule in Tamil Nadu in late January [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 2 | Such mechanisms have been documented ( 25 ) and were discussed earlier in the context of protein engineering ( 26 ) . |
| 3 | Two other youths being questioned were released earlier in the day . |
| 4 | This was repainted earlier in the year for the BR Bescot Open Day at Walsall while 0-6-0- shunter 13029 was also used for various duties around the Museum site during the course of the weekend . |
| 5 | It was seen earlier in the book that there are inconsistencies between different components of what may be loosely called the finance function . |
| 6 | This would make it possible that the poison was administered earlier in the meal . |
| 7 | The decision was taken earlier in the year and the employees were identified and told about the decision before the year end . |
| 8 | By the time of the conference the CDU in the east was led by western politicians in Brandenburg ( by Ulf Fink ) , Saxony-Anhalt ( by Werner Münch ) and in Saxony ( by Minister President Kurt Biedenkopf , who was elected earlier in the month ) . |
| 9 | Ethnic group status was mentioned earlier in the case of negroes than it was in the case of white people , and gender role was mentioned earlier in the test and more often by women than by men . |
| 10 | Ethnic group status was mentioned earlier in the case of negroes than it was in the case of white people , and gender role was mentioned earlier in the test and more often by women than by men . |
| 11 | However , as was mentioned earlier in the chapter , the model of perfect competition does not present an accurate picture of reality . |
| 12 | THERE WERE a few raised eyebrows when the White Paper on Welsh local government reform was published earlier in the year . |