Example sentences of "[det] [prep] early " in BNC.

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1 13 Engines will recall some of early '80s British bands like Echo and the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes , which is no bad thing , but their colonial roots make their sound inescapably one of the New World .
2 13 Engines will recall some of early '80s British bands like Echo and the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes , which is no bad thing , but their colonial roots make their sound inescapably one of the New World .
3 If pruning is needed , do this in early spring .
4 I admit Victor is evasive at times , but we have known one another since early childhood , we are as close as brother and sister — ’
5 Armed forces : The Gibraltar Regiment ( totalling 53 members in 1988 ) and Royal Navy Reserve Unit ; 1,700 British military personnel ( 1989 ) , to be reduced by nearly half by early 1991 [ see also below ] .
6 MacKinnon 's further suggestion that the social life of the orang-utan could resemble that of early arboreal ape ancestors and to antedate the more terrestrial adaptations of the chimpanzee and gorilla seem borne out by the most recent studies .
7 It has for long been held that our modern idea of time derives from that of early Christianity , which in turn can be traced back to that of ancient Israel and Judaism .
8 These new thelodonts show an unexpected body shape in which the body is deep and compressed from side to side and the tail is perfectly symmetrical , rather like that of early heterostracans .
9 Moreover , in most respects the pattern of growth was not far out of line with that of early industrialization in western industrialized countries .
10 The cases of Corvan , and to a lesser extent that of early Elvis Presley , are relatively straightforward to analyse .
11 In some ways one might say that they wanted a life more like that of early monks — embracing poverty , chastity , even obedience .
12 It is likely that the funeral will be at times when the cemeteries or crematoria are not busy , such as early in the morning .
13 For example , the analysis of stylistic details of the representation on a coin , such as the treatment of the hair or the eye , and its comparison with the same features in other well-dated art forms such as vase painting or sculpture , should enable a date to be applied to a coin series , particularly in a period of rapid stylistic change in the arts ( such as early Greece ) .
14 Choose a time of day such as early morning , late afternoon , or early evening to walk .
15 Members of our group reported painful experiences such as early loss of a parent , parental alcoholism , and an overly close relationship with a mother .
16 Behaviour patterns such as early morning drinking , gulping down drinks , hiding alcohol , and compulsively seeking alcohol are strong pointers to the alcohol dependence syndrome .
17 We confine the term ‘ ageing ’ or ‘ senescence ’ solely to the drop in survival probability and/or fertility later in the life of individuals , to distinguish it from other changes during the life history , such as early development or the onset of reproduction .
18 However , apart from their own and their parents ' socio-economic characteristics , demographic factors such as early marriage and childbearing experience also have a substantial effect .
19 ‘ You ca n't read too much into early season form but I 'm convinced they will only get better .
20 Nothing survives today from this period and very little from early seventeenth-century gardens which , as is well documented , were rich in statuary and other ornaments .
21 It would be unfair to suggest that our Victorian predecessors deliberately compared tribal customs with those of early man in order to discredit the indigenous peoples they were colonizing .
22 It is now believed that the graves are those of early Spanish Christians , placed in proximity to the mausoleum of some established holy man .
23 The note patternings are really very simple in rhythmic outline , very closely resembling those of early choral music .
24 Samples with relatively unstressful lives would probably fail to show a higher rate of depression among those with early loss .
25 Correspondingly , there may be much scepticism and sometimes open hostility from sufferers from addictive diseases , even those in early recovery , towards some doctors , psychiatrists and advisers on addictive disease .
26 The reviews published in Gramophone , a British publication with a vast and international readership , have also been influential ; in the field of medieval and Renaissance music its regular reviewers are much the same as those in Early music .
27 This problem is not confined to night-workers , but also affects those on early shift ( 6 am. to 2 p.m. ) who may have to allow an hour to get to work .
28 Noting the similarity between such claims , and those by early travellers regarding the ‘ illogicality ’ of the thought of ‘ primitive peoples ’ , Labov writes : ‘ When linguists hear Negro children saying ‘ He crazy ’ or ‘ Her my friend ’ , they do not hear a primitive language ’ ( 1973 , p. 61 ) .
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