Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] early as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager should ascertain as early as possible the intentions of medical staff , particularly surgeons , with regard to the summer leave commitments . |
| 2 | The onset of puberty may occur as early as eleven or twelve and can not be reckoned as the sign of having reached adult status . |
| 3 | In the first example , production could begin as early as 1998 . |
| 4 | Mr Duncan Biggin , architect for the scheme and chairman of Dockbuild , said it was hoped demolition could begin as early as March 16 and building would start as soon as possible . |
| 5 | That meeting , which could occur as early as two weeks ' time , will then declare at least a three-month gap in meetings to fulfil the Unionist precondition for talks and clear the way for the first of a three-stage set of inter-party and inter-government negotiations to prepare a new British-Irish Agreement . |
| 6 | ‘ This could occur as early as 1995 and the years 1996 — 2000 should represent profitable opportunities . |
| 7 | In a panic I phoned tom to ask if he could come home early as I wanted to discuss Peter with him before the boy got home . |
| 8 | But if Big Bang turns to crash and Poles lose their unPolish patience with the austerity plan , or if Solidarity can not contain its differences any longer , a fresh election could come as early as this autumn . |
| 9 | In London , the Foreign Office yesterday refused to confirm reports that the deportations would start as early as next Saturday and would only repeat the formula that they would take place sooner rather than later . |
| 10 | Autumn movements or arrival may start as early as August , but is most usual in late October ; most autumn passage is observed in November . |
| 11 | But any time between eleven and fourteen is ‘ normal ’ , although some girls may start as early as nine or ten or as late as fifteen or sixteen . |
| 12 | Further evidence comes from detailed observational studies of adult-child interactions which have suggested that infants are able to synchronise gross motor activity with the intonational contours of adult conversation ( Condon and Sander 1974 ) and that imitation of an adult 's facial expression can occur as early as three days after birth ( Meltzoff and Moore 1977 , 1983 ) . |
| 13 | The average age for the menopause to occur is 50 — in some women it can start as early as 35 and in others as late as 60 . |
| 14 | The average age for the menopause to occur is 50 — in some women it can start as early as 35 and in others as late as 60 . |