Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [adv] early as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Steamship Owners ' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association had been formed as early as 1874 which later became part of a North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association , and as early as 1878 shipowners of the north-east were complaining of the " tyrannical " attempts of a " dictatorial body of unionists " ' to impose demands on the industry , establishing in 1885 a Central Association of Shipowners of Sunderland , Glasgow and Newcastle to put their views to the Royal Commission of 1886 on Chamberlain 's proposed Shipping Bill . |
| 2 | The condition of many villages points to depopulation , but , although Sezincote had been enclosed as early as 1486 , the region as a whole was ‘ remarkably free ’ of depopulating enclosure . |
| 3 | Strictly visual language to make scientific points had been used as early as 1555 by Pierre Belon in his Oiseaux , where he put the skeleton of a man and a bird side by side to demonstrate their unity of plan , or homology . |
| 4 | Autumn arrival has been noted as early as 10 July , but usually starts in late October , and passage has been noted in November . |
| 5 | Arrival had been noted as early as 27 February ( 1971 ) , however , and some passage continues until mid-May . |
| 6 | Although occasional birds , usually pricked , may summer , winter visitors have been recorded as early as late August , but first arrivals are more usual in September and October . |
| 7 | Horse races on the sands of Leith have been recorded as early as 1504 but were not properly organized until 1665 , when the town council took charge . |
| 8 | They had been suggested as early as 3 August by VTsIK , but typically no action was taken until the Communist Party had time to look into the question . |