Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adv] early as " in BNC.

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1 Tentative articles in The Shield from as early as 1905 began to reconsider the role of science in promoting moral reform .
2 Much of the attack on the slave trade from as early as the end of the 1780s to the debates of 1806 could equally have been , and was , an attack on slavery .
3 Whether their monetary policy from as early as 1970 was designed to force such a devaluation is another question .
4 Kleon , in Aristophanes ' Knights , is represented as a ‘ lover of the demos ’ , but Philodemos occurs as a proper name in an Athenian casualty-list of as early as c.460 ( ML 33 ) ; more important , Kleisthenes in the sixth century had taken the demos into partnership , as Herodotus puts it , and Pericles in the 460s had won over the people with jury pay .
5 The term ‘ modern ’ is interpreted widely , for some works date from as early as the sixteenth century .
6 The sculptures are almost entirely of Flemish origin and date from as early as the sixteenth century .
7 The Romans were taking the Merano Cure from as early as the 4th century and its spring waters are said to be among the best in the world .
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