Comparative of early
"earlier" is a word that is used in written English. You can use it when you're speaking of something that took place before the present moment in time. For example: "I had an earlier meeting that ran late, so I couldn't make it on time.".
Family would appreciate that their earlier appeal re privacy applies to Carole and family too".
An earlier version said Samantha Cameron had accompanied the prime minister to Balmoral in September.
What a nightmare!" There had been delays involving Clapham Junction earlier in the rush hour due to a lineside fire which caused hold-ups to services on London Overground.
The first that other judges knew of his plan to contest the appointment of Boddice – who had been nominated two months earlier under a 20-year protocol – was a public statement the next day that it was "a matter for the chief justice under the electoral act".
Lest that sound like faint praise, he quickly qualifies it: earlier this week, in a day trip around Stockholm's record shops, he added 50 singles to his already mammoth Abba collection.
All the medical experts who gave evidence in the case earlier this week said the chances of the unborn child surviving were minimal.
"Two Olympic victories, the hockey and Crimea," said Trifonova, referring to the Russian team's victories in the Winter Olympics and paralympics held in Sochi earlier this year, as well as in the recent ice hockey world championships, and the annexation by Moscow of the Crimea peninsula.
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