1.   Adequate though not ideal for earlier times, they are thoroughly unsatisfactory in an era of intense competition.

2.   From those thousands who have trodden the same paths in earlier times, the energy is inexhaustible.

3.   He was very fond of ancient histories, stories and epics of earlier times and heroes.

4.   In earlier times the former had been underachieving educationally whereas the latter are now near the peak of their attainment level.

5.   In earlier times, servants would use the bare wooden stairs at the back of the house.

6.   Most of these new management teams have drawn their expertise from earlier times with one or other of the major brewers.

7.   Recent history has, for example, a mass character more Marked than the history of earlier times.

8.   Squire and Ickes have expressed contempt for Mr Morris in earlier times.

9.   Those last years saw a gradual shift from the somnambulance and uncertain awakenings of my earlier time in college.

10.   Would you prefer the meeting to be at an earlier time?