Sentence examples for earlier down from inspiring English sources

I was taken with Charismatic because a decade earlier, down on the farm in Kentucky, with the help of a surreptitious cube of sugar, I had petted his great-grandfather, a big fella named Secretariat.

Growth between July and September was 7.3% compared with a year earlier, down from 7.5% in the previous quarter.

Brent crude was earlier down 32 cents at $53.15, having been below $53.

It's a scenario that could leave Manchester United faced with a lack of credible options and left regretting their failure, or at least lack of an attempt, to make a managerial change earlier down the line.

In his fall 2007 couture collection, Jean Paul Gaultier also paid homage, resurrecting the fluid trouser suits that Saint Laurent had perfected decades earlier, down to their flaring lapels, extended shoulders and the slouchy drape of the pants.

Although Mr. Ducasse plays only a supervisory role, has he done it cavalierly, distracted by — and more invested in — Adour Alain Ducasse, which he opened just a few months earlier down the block?

Earlier, Downing Street said Tony Blair had been "appalled" by the actions shown in the photographs.

Earlier Downing Street had confirmed the Foreign Secretary had approved the dispatch of the "diplomatic team" to Libya.

An earlier Downing Street file records the need to remind the Thatcher family about political sensitivities in South Africa.

Earlier, Downing Street said big retailers selling affected products had a responsibility to answer key questions on the scandal.

Earlier, Downing Street said the prime minister would "do everything to protect the interests of the Falklands islanders".