Sentence examples for underscored earlier from inspiring English sources

The figures underscored earlier research suggesting that part-time student numbers have fallen sharply since 2010-11, after which fees were hiked to a maximum of £9,000 a year for full-time study.

The difficulty of taking action against the North was underscored earlier in the day when the leaders of the world's largest industrialized economies and Russia -- the so-called Group of 8 -- condemned the sinking of the South Korean vessel, the Cheonan, without explicitly blaming North Korea.

Obama's discreet reference underscored earlier news reports of a draft presidential directive that would initiate this change.

The economic and political challenges facing Mr. Bush were underscored earlier this week when his senior adviser, Karl Rove, joined more than a dozen prominent Republicans for a private dinner and heard an unvarnished critique of Mr. Bush's style and strategy.

The urgency of having comprehensive protection for gay men and women was underscored earlier this month by the European court of justice, in a case (pdf) taken by a German man who was refused a survivor's pension following his partner's death.

He said that vulnerability had been underscored this week with the interception of the Klos C ship.

They can be life-threatening, as a gruesome accident in Brooklyn underscored yesterday.

That sort of thinking was underscored last week by the America Online-Time Warner deal.

The Rangers entered the season thin at center, a weakness that was again underscored today.

BEHIND THE NEWS The government figures underscored 2010 as one of the more remarkable years in climatology.

Its difficulties were underscored last month when Forbes ranked Maine 50th in its annual list of business-friendly states.