Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] late as [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Scottish Office would not say how far supplies exceeded MACs for lead , at least 17 schemes were in progress to reduce lead in water that would not be completed until as late as 1992 . |
| 2 | The first designation of the substantial Agenais family of Durfort as knights , for instance , dates from as late as 1243 . |
| 3 | Offa 's description of Ealdred as ‘ my subregulus , dux , that is , of his own people , the Hwicce ’ ( CS 223 : S 113 ) , which reveals dux becoming an acceptable term for a sub-king , dates to as late as 778 , twenty years after Offa 's accession . |
| 4 | Hindu teachings allow abortion only where a pregnancy constitutes a danger to the mother 's life , Islamic law allows abortion up to as late as 120 days and under Jewish law the foetus is regarded as a subsidiary of the mother and abortion is permitted as long as a number of doctors recommend it . |
| 5 | Up to as late as 1798 , the district governors lived in the castle . |