Example sentences of "[noun prp] have earlier " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mitterrand had earlier lent his name to one of the many ( abortive ( bills intended to give the agency a status in law : now , Marin achieved the task of securing a political consensus sufficiently broad to secure the passage through Parliament of a law ending the provisional status of AFP . |
| 2 | At the head of these troops was a battalion of fusiliers of the 15th Regiment of Infantry , commanded by Maj von Keller , which Gneisenau had earlier discovered sprawling in the ditches by the roadside within sight of Genappe . |
| 3 | Dennis had earlier said he would love to go to the Worksop club . |
| 4 | Arriving in East Berlin at the height of the country 's most serious political crisis for more than three decades , Mr Gorbachev had earlier in the day , in a brief encounter with enthusiastic East Berliners , spoken of the need ‘ not to panic — that 's the most important thing ’ . |
| 5 | The United States had earlier stated that US aid would depend on the elimination of anti-Semitism from the Romanian media . |
| 6 | In 1972–3 three pilot projects covering Sunderland , Oldham and Rotherham had earlier looked at the issues concerned with a ‘ total approach ’ to urban management . |
| 7 | The PLO had earlier announced that it had approved talks with Baker . |
| 8 | Middlesbrough John Green , whose lightweight brother Andy had earlier won his semi-final , was too strong for Shildon 's Brian Wright in the welterweight final . |
| 9 | Botha had earlier visited the Baltic States where Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania established full diplomatic relations with South Africa immediately . |
| 10 | The NPFL had earlier agreed that its representative would form part of a triumvirate of vice-presidents under an independent interim president , but this arrangement appeared to be stillborn . |
| 11 | Miss Giles had earlier told Wells Street magistrates that she had not considered the film to be ‘ a very hot potato ’ and had not realised she was breaking the law when she showed it to about 120 people last April . |
| 12 | The 18-year-old 's third Test century came from only 135 balls , and contained 14 fours : he hit two more before giving a catch to second slip , where Moody had earlier dropped Kapil Dev on 0 . |
| 13 | Borja had earlier responded positively to a letter of Nov. 24 from Fujimori proposing a " friendship , co-operation and integration " pact under the 1942 Rio de Janeiro protocol whose validity Ecuador refused to acknowledge . |
| 14 | Cristiani had earlier given the impression that the government had accepted a proposal by UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Oct. 23 to extend the deadline ( currently Oct. 31 ) for the completion of the UN peace process , to give both sides more time to comply with the details of the accord . |
| 15 | Brian Deane had earlier claimed the first of what he hopes will be many goals for Leeds . |
| 16 | Marseille 's foreign stars , Croat Alen Boksic and German international Rudi Voeller had earlier fired the Frenchmen into what looked an unassailable lead , but they had n't counted on Rangers ' indomitable spirit . |
| 17 | If Philip Leapor had earlier been hostile to his daughter 's poetry fearing it was unprofitable but then left her at liberty , it was probably because she had convinced him that she could earn money with her pen . |
| 18 | The ANC had earlier resisted a meeting with Inkatha on the grounds that this would lend undue national legitimacy to what it regarded as a Zulu organization with a power base confined largely to Natal province . |
| 19 | A subsequent agreement removed obstacles which Spain had earlier placed in the way of Portugal 's importation of French-generated electricity . |
| 20 | Llanidloes finished on 127–9 , in which Sean Southern bagged 2–34 in 25 overs , while Cae Glas had earlier compiled 191–5 thanks to Jeff Potts ( 65 ) Mike Evans ( 37 ) and Ben Hipkiss ( 31 ) . |
| 21 | The long birdie putt Beck had earlier holed for an eagle three at the 13th had been a turning point , but for Norman , who does not normally play the week before the Masters , this must have also given him encouragement . |
| 22 | One night — I think it was the night before Christmas Eve — we had just returned to the cottage after a hard day next door doing some of the ‘ few finishing-off jobs ’ Nigel had earlier specified . |
| 23 | An inquest in Lancaster had earlier been told that by the time the information was received , Lancashire Police had spent £250,000 investigating what they thought was the murder of John Threlfall , 18 . |
| 24 | Officials at the presidency were quoted by Agence France-Presse as criticising as " too anti-Turkish " a speech which Hovhannesyan had made in Istanbul on Sept. 21 ; Armenia had earlier been reported as requesting 100,000 tonnes of grain from Turkey [ see p. 39109 ] . |
| 25 | They learn from past experience how to read the actions of the monetary authorities and , as a result , nullify even the short-run scope for non-neutrality that Friedman had earlier been prepared to countenance . |
| 26 | Berkeley had earlier , on 9 May , replaced Poyntz as constable of Carisbrooke castle — a politically sensitive office at a time when Sir Edward Woodville 's fleet was lying in Southampton Water . |
| 27 | Berkeley had earlier , on 9 May , replaced Poyntz as constable of Carisbrooke castle — a politically sensitive office at a time when Sir Edward Woodville 's fleet was lying in Southampton Water . |
| 28 | Although Lord Cheyne had earlier offered the Apothecaries the freehold of the land for £400 , this was far beyond their means . |
| 29 | Laos and Thailand had earlier signed an investment protection agreement , and had established a friendship association . |
| 30 | Robert had earlier won the 250cc race but in the superbike he was forced to make up ground after a bad start and was never able to get to grips with the leader . |