Sentence examples for earliest because from inspiring English sources

Last week, the departing director of Mossad, Israel's intelligence service, Meir Dagan, said he believed that the Iranians would not be able to make a bomb until 2015, at the earliest, "because of measures that have been deployed against them".

Banks in Cyprus will now not open until Tuesday at the earliest, because Monday is a bank holiday.

They will not have to make a final decision until Monday at the earliest because no contest can take place until the results are certified.

I think these cases will not even be addressed by the courts until 2014, at the earliest, because that's when the most controversial provisions go into effect.

The key here is guard David Hawkins, who will not return until the end of December at the earliest because of an academic suspension.

The launching of NASA's Genesis solar probe has been delayed until Wednesday at the earliest because of concerns about a pair of power converters on the spacecraft.

He left early because of the flu.

The time is too early, because my contract ends now.

Unfortunately, it was too early, because I grew.

He refrained from conversion earlier because of constitutional sensitivities.

-- no earlier, because candidates with megaphones might wake people up.