Example sentences of "[vb pp] as early as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Cockermouth was leased as early as the thirteenth century , the family 's five Yorkshire manors were still in demesne in 1352 , three of these being leased by 1405 and all by 1416 , while their four Sussex manors were all leased between 1405 and 1416 . |
| 2 | For although Cabezón 's compositions first appeared in print in Luys Venegas de Henestrosa 's Libro de cifra ( figure notation ) nueva para tecla ( keyboard ) , harpay vihuela ( Alcala , 1557 ) , and the rest of them only in the Obras de musica published posthumously by his son ( Madrid , 1578 ) , no doubt many had been written as early as the lute pieces in Narvaez 's Delphin de musica ( Valladolid , 1538 ) . |
| 3 | In previous chapters we have seen how the ancient manor of Combsburgh had been partially enclosed as early as the fourteenth century , especially in the areas close to the market town , and how the bulk of the field structure had been established by the late sixteenth century . |
| 4 | While the problem was recognised as early as the 1930s , when institutions and regulations were created to combat it , these have been either ignored altogether or simply not enforced . |
| 5 | The majority of house-holds used ceramic sauce-boats , which had been introduced as early as the 1740s . |
| 6 | References to the delírio , the madness of hunger , can be found as early as the sixteenth century in the writings of Portuguese navigators , and it is a recurring theme in Brazilian literature right up to the present day . |
| 7 | Tomb finds suggest that this quality was appreciated as early as the Shang dynasty . |
| 8 | Norwich will feel they should have scored as early as the second minute . |
| 9 | Although a more general move away from the indigenous Gothic style of architecture and church design only began in earnest a century later after the Restoration , the trend was signalled as early as the 1630s with the construction of St Paul 's , Covent Garden . |
| 10 | The rival method of using metal rollers for milling corn had been tried as early as the sixteenth century but was generally only adopted for malt-milling until , in 1834 , a Swiss engineer substituted rollers for the original stones in the reconstruction of an existing mill . |
| 11 | In 1428 , however , it and some neighbouring villages were excused from paying the subsidy because it had less than ten households , and the excavation of one of the houses suggests that it had been deserted as early as the second half of the fourteenth century . |
| 12 | Although the South Downs were cleared at a very early stage in man 's history in Britain , the clearing of the Wealden forest was delayed until the medieval period , the height of the clearance being in the 13th and 14th centuries , although parts may have been cleared as early as the ninth century . |
| 13 | Under rule changes which Mr Smith wants implemented as early as the annual conference in October this year , future contests for the leadership and deputy will be decided in a 50:50 division between constituency members and MPs , including members of the European Parliament . |
| 14 | Although the crossbow is known to have existed as early as the fourth century , its main use was as a hunting weapon and it was not until the latter part of the twelfth century that it became a major military weapon . |
| 15 | Monsters were being created as early as the fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia and Iran . |
| 16 | Catalogues come out early — you may have ordered as early as the Chelsea Flower Show in May — and although you know that the plants will not arrive before the back end of October at the earliest , more likely into November , you will have to plan where the temporary reception centre will be placed . |
| 17 | The bond issue , which could be launched as early as the end of this year , would be the first capital raising in an east European home market by the bank , which was set up by western governments in London in 1991 to catalyse investment in the former communist countries . |
| 18 | Although this pattern was well established as early as the sixteenth century , the expansion of the market economy during British rule was unprecedented . |