Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] least the early " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those qualities owed little to the opportunities provided by formal schooling or family background : the Pooles had been tanners in the Stowey area since at least the early eighteenth century , and Tom Poole 's father , the eldest of four gifted brothers , ran a large and thriving tanning business from his Castle Street home . |
| 2 | French leadership of the European movement , which it had held since at least the early 1950s , was severely shaken and no longer undisputed , even though its influence would remain strong . |
| 3 | These emissaries often bore gifts as well as eloquent words : since at least the early thirteenth century royal pensions were granted to promising or influential cardinalsto eighteen at least of the seventy-two who there were between 1305 and 1334 , to six alone in 1309 when the royal mission secured papal backing for Gaveston 's recall . |
| 4 | No such brutal suppression of a peaceful demonstration had been seen in the Soviet Union since at least the early 1960s , strengthening rumours that the action , directed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs rather than by Georgian officials , might have been covertly encouraged by Kremlin conservatives intent on discrediting Gorbachev and the policy of perestroika . |
| 5 | We 've just conducted a very primary review , and we found that the interest and the demand for these seminars has been pretty constant since at least the early seventies , therefore we feel that we are we seem to be fulfilling a need of Third World governments and agencies . |