The phrase "an earlier connection" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a previous relationship, link, or association between people, events, or concepts.
Example: "The researchers found an earlier connection between the two diseases that had not been documented before."
Alternatives: "a prior link" or "a previous relationship".
The names that Apollonius chose for the curves (the terms may be original with him) indicate yet an earlier connection.
These include tighter limits on carry-on bags, not allowing a consumer to take an earlier connection when a seat is available and raising fees to change tickets.
A study in [14] also suggested that 802.21 centric approaches used to exploit a prior knowledge method where network information is gathered from both mobile terminal and network infrastructure to establish an earlier connection with the new subnet.
If, for some unforeseen reason, you caught an earlier connection or you had an extra day's vacation and want to arrive earlier, call them first.
An earlier connection between the CCE&HR and the C&SLR had been opened in 1924 linking the C&SLR's station at Euston with the CCE&HR's at Camden Town.
Mr. Lowenstein's analysis of the way films function historically echoes that of the German critic Sigfried Kracauer, who made an early connection between horror and history in his classic 1947 book "From Caligari to Hitler".
It matters because an early connection with the wild environment can not only enhance wellbeing, but helps develop more ecologically considerate citizens in later life, which is in all our interests.
Unlike other Republican candidates, Perry does not really need to defend his credentials on the environment – despite an early connection to Al Gore as chairman of his 1988 primary campaign in Texas.
But it was an early connection to the society of psychoanalysts (his mother ran a salon for psychoanalytic debate in their Manhattan home when he was growing up) that led Mr. Rosenthal to his first publishing deal, the three-volume official biography of Dr. Sigmund Freud by a disciple, Dr. Ernest Jones.
Engaging the audience is a challenge for any speaker, but non-native speakers may find this especially difficult, because making a joke or telling a personal anecdote -- the usual techniques for making an early connection -- are more difficult to pull off.
11 A descriptive approach misses an opportunity to make an early connection between data from the included studies and the relevant theory.
