Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] earlier [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain McCann ( inset , left ) is one of two masters in command of Buffalo and , with Captain Nick Spencer ( inset , right ) , was with the ship during the Fleet Review off Holyhead earlier in the week . |
| 2 | Sadly , the gloom of World Cup failure prevails ; Denmark 's 1–0 defeat of Albania earlier in the day rendered even the most optimistic mathematician 's calculator redundant . |
| 3 | When a taxi-driver took the band to the wrong side of town earlier in the day , the Franks simply sat on a nearby wall , chilled out and waited for ‘ someone else ’ to panic and discover their whereabouts . |
| 4 | Concern for the plant 's impact on the environment had already led to a cut in production earlier in the year to the minimum necessary to keep the plant 's systems in operation . |
| 5 | ‘ I hope we can keep a clean sheet and get revenge for our 1–0 defeat at Grimsby earlier in the season . ’ |
| 6 | We gear up amongst the debris of ascents earlier in the week , thankful that we 're first to the route today . |
| 7 | By yesterday evening the largest lender , the Halifax , which held out a glimmer of hope earlier in the day that it could stick with its 13.5 per cent rate , acknowleged a rise was inevitable . |
| 8 | They say they go out of their way to avoid trouble , having left a bar in Haymarket earlier in the evening because there was a group that seemed intent on a fight , swearing and pushing their way through to the bar . |
| 9 | The man had enjoyed a blip of peyote earlier in the day , and there was a mild , dreamy look on his face , a look of effortless tolerance ; but his hand was steady . |
| 10 | The movement 's two leading figures were ( i ) Peter-Michael Diestel , the last East German Interior Minister who had been ousted as the Christian Democrat ( CDU ) parliamentary leader in Brandenburg earlier in the year for defending former informers of the East German " Stasi " security police against " one-sided " accusations , and ( ii ) Gregor Gysi , leader of the reformed communist Party of Democratic Socialism ( PDS ) . |
| 11 | I know Alan Harding , the choreographer , well and a meeting in Nottingham earlier in the week has brought us no closer to a decision . |
| 12 | They got a draw at Cambridge earlier in the season , but with Simmo gone , who 's going to get the goals ? |
| 13 | Cooper jnr , who followed his father to St Andrew 's from Exeter in September last year , had a trial with Liverpool earlier in the season . |
| 14 | Brough Park 's leading performer of late , Burnhope Jimmy , will be strongly fancied to win the Long March Stayers Stakes , over 670 metres , having won a similar event at Middlesbrough earlier in the month . |
| 15 | Shrewsbury put on both subs one of them Howard Clark , on loan with Quakers earlier in the season in an effort to save the game , and for a short spell put Quakers under real pressure . |
| 16 | But special circumstances conspired to ‘ wreck three of the best trading days of the year ’ — the European Community summit in Edinburgh earlier in the month . |
| 17 | I was at the Stanley Spencer exhibition in London earlier in the year , and there was one canvas with just a tiny bit started , the whole thing pencilled in . |
| 18 | The Hibs manager , Alex Miller , was also disappointed , because leading scorer , Darren Jackson , had failed to shake off the stomach injury which had seen him miss the Scottish Cup victory over Cowdenbeath earlier in the week . |
| 19 | Goals from Jimmy Quinn and Philip Gray — his first for the international team — were enough to see of the Baltic challenge although Denmark 's victory over Albania earlier in the day put paid to our last fading hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals in America . |
| 20 | Players released by Jimmy Nicholl 's Raith Rovers include centre half Mark Cowan who was on loan to Linfield earlier in the season and midfielder Sean Strang who had a spell with Cliftonville . |
| 21 | Hankin added : ‘ Ellison scored a lot of goals earlier in the season . |
| 22 | You probably could n't say the same for Howard Kendall — the Everton manager tried in vain to sign the big fellow from Luton earlier in the season . |
| 23 | ‘ Darlington beat us 4–0 in the League at Feethams earlier in the season . |
| 24 | The French horse Argument had won the Prix Ganay at Longchamp earlier in the season . |
| 25 | He lost his regular berth at full-back earlier in the season , but seems to have found a new lease of life . |
| 26 | Rangers ' John Brown , consistently impressive for his club and a member of the Scotland squad against Portugal earlier in the season , will not be selected to meet the Germans . |
| 27 | Anderson , bronzed from a holiday in Florida earlier in the summer , says : ‘ My old sparring partner Daniel O'Donnell has promised to drop in at Christmas . |
| 28 | Stack Rock won over the minimum trip at Newbury earlier in the season and , with rain forecast in the Haydock area , he should have everything in his favour today . |
| 29 | Crooks was in dispute with Leeds earlier in the season and was put on offer at £250,000 , by far the biggest sum demanded for an English rugby league player . |
| 30 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review Falin 's visit was seen as a response to a visit to China earlier in the month by the US National Security Adviser Gen. Brent Scowcroft [ see p. 37122 ] . |