Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] early as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficult and often contradictory principles of this age-long argument were memorably expressed as early as Plato 's version of the Apology of Socrates and , with a different bearing , in his Republic . |
| 2 | Hall 's positive views about the timing of the judges ' appointments probably originated as early as 1835 , when the plans for the new Houses of Parliament were being considered . |
| 3 | In 1972–3 full-time courses in the polytechnics began to offer computing studies as part of the normal curriculum and attempts were also made as early as 1969 to include a European language ; while the latter proved to be an irrelevance , the former has certainly not . |
| 4 | The Lebanese press had obligingly produced a comic version of McFarlane ; but the film versions of both Reagan and North were also set as early as November 1986 , and did not much change thereafter . |
| 5 | But even in Britain literary friendships , often formed as early as school or university , can start a periodical , write a manifesto and continue spasmodically through life to inform a style and promote a habit of mind . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Although this pattern was well established as early as the sixteenth century , the expansion of the market economy during British rule was unprecedented . |
| 8 | In Burgundy , there is evidence that suggests the vine was well established as early as pre-Christian times , and that wines with a reputation for excellence were soon being produced . |
| 9 | From one fairly typical grammar school , studied by Colin Lacey , the fee-payers had almost disappeared as early as 1925 . |