Example sentences of "early days [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless in the early days many of the other forms of bacteria died off in vast numbers . |
| 2 | It argued in the early days that to be too closely allied with Catholicism would deter a broad membership , which is now drawn from among protestants , muslims , baptists , Jews — and , it emphasises proudly , atheists . |
| 3 | In the early days ordinary mill-stones were used as the clinker was soft and the cement need not be finely ground . |
| 4 | In the early days this was done by peasants ‘ waulking ’ the cloth , treading on it in shallow water : |
| 5 | In its early days this hand-and-foot method of combat was extremely dangerous , even when it was developed into a sport . |
| 6 | Upper Halling has its own team and in its early days this team played in the field opposite the Robin Hood , and I have been told of near carnivals on Sunday afternoons . |
| 7 | This is still as we might expect , because oxygen is a very reactive gas and was from very early days prolific in the Earth 's atmosphere , albeit probably in the form of carbon dioxide . |
| 8 | From early days English Teetotallers had felt it their duty to correct their American brethren when they fell short , a trait which has become an intricate part of general English attitudes towards America . |
| 9 | ‘ In the early days few people were interested in outdoor pursuits indeed there were few outdoor activities anyway . |
| 10 | No formal statement of the terms of reference for the team has come to light , and in the early days clear mechanisms for the operation of the project were not always discernible . |
| 11 | In earlier days this inn was known as ‘ The Black Horse ’ , the name given to ‘ Lending Inns ’ , where customers could borrow money . |