Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] the early " in BNC.

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1 But it would be a superficial reading of club ideology to view the movement simply in terms of its ‘ rescue ’ work , for though this may have been so in the early days , it was never the sole aim which would imply a passivity hardly reconcilable with the ambitions of the founders of clubs , or with that of the missions and settlement houses .
2 In the four areas in which this upgrading is taking place , foundations have been established to raise private funds for educational projects , though they are still in the early stages of development .
3 It should be recognised that we are still in the early days of case-mix accounting .
4 While children under seven need full-fat milk because they are still in the early stages of development , older children should have skimmed or semi-skimmed .
5 Branfoot said : ‘ Matt has not come back with an answer but we are still in the early stages of negotiation . ’
6 But most professionals point out we are still in the early stages of implementation .
7 They are still in the early stages of development .
8 ‘ We are still in the early stages of a learning process which will eventually lead to a training plan for every individual . ’
9 Her condition is irreversible and she writes , ‘ this is not so much news as an appeal to Somervillians who might bring the existence of these neuropathies to the attention of the public , some of whom are probably in the early stages . ’
10 Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me .
11 I 'm still in the early days of my recovery and that worries me .
12 It was quite a drive and quite a list for when she got there , so she was unlikely to be back before the early evening ; but this was no great problem , because they 'd soon be closing the doors so that they could make a start on the next day 's preparations .
13 Had the paparazzi been around in the early days of his marriage it 's doubtful Philip would have escaped criticism .
14 Primitive primates are quite like the early insectivores .
15 If those tests turn out the right way tomorrow — ’ she glanced at her watch , remembering they were now in the early hours of the morning — ‘ or rather tonight , it 'll be worth bringing Parkin in . ’
16 I can also acknowledge that there must have been many women like her , all over Glasgow ; that there were then in the early 1900s when she was marrying and becoming a mother ; that there were later .
17 Although Bob 's command of Serbo-Croat is non-existent and he is only at the early stages of learning Russian the Causevics ' second language — he has enlisted the help of a friend , native Yugoslav Maria Delahunty , to act as an interpreter .
18 This involves the hypnotherapist talking you gently and quietly through a basic relaxation exercise which is not unlike the early stages of yoga .
19 The research is still in the early stages , but it seems the drug could help patients withstand higher doses of radiation , or might itself kill cancer cells .
20 The WHO estimates more than 14 million worldwide have become infected with HIV , but less than one fifth have gone on to develop AIDS and fewer still have died suggesting the world is still in the early stages of the epidemic , said Dr Merson .
21 ‘ Lyle carpets is also in the early stages of BS5750 ’ said Managing Director , John Stewart , as he described one of the many changes in progress .
22 Engels says that Cognos is now in the early stages of negotiation with ICL and Bull and the company is engineering a Unix System V.4-compliant product that will make it economically more reasonable to appear on a wider variety of Unix environments .
23 This is splendidly unlike the early thirties , when Lady Mendl published her Recipes for Successful Dining .
24 The marina is currently in the early stages of development .
25 In summer , it 's definitely for the early risers — lifts close around midday as the hot summer sun softens the snow !
26 It was only during the early decades of the present century that English studies ( or , more simply , " English " ) in its recognizably modern disciplinary form began to offer an educationally significant challenge to the intellectual and cultural prestige long invested in classics .
27 But it was not until the early 1930s that The Allegory of Love began to take shape as a book , and it was not finished until 1935 .
28 As the twentieth century progressed the debate limped on , but it was not until the early 1960s that the tunnel became a serious prospect again .
29 It was not until the early years of the twentieth century that they had devised a formula for their boot polish which was marketed later under the name of ‘ Cherry Blossom Boot Polish ’ which became such a success , being sold at one penny per tin .
30 The oil crisis and following economic recession of the 1970s reinforced any protectionist tendencies of the individual member states and it was not until the early 1980s that the political will developed to re-focus the creation of a single market .
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