Earlier examples of bridging vehicles include a type in which a converted tank hull is the bridge.

Earlier periods provide only occasional, perhaps exceptional examples.

Earlier in the century David Hume had argued against notions of design with counter examples drawn from monstrosity, imperfect forms of testimony and probability, and it has been assumed that Paley could not have read Hume.

Earlier examples were just vertical steam engines, typical of the time, sold under the Meccano name.

Earlier examples of ancient Chinese poetry may have been lost because of the vicissitudes of history, such as the burning of books by Qin Shihuang, although one of the targets of this last event was the Shi Jing, which has nevertheless survived

Earlier examples of live OS are of course the operating systems used from floppy, and most widely spread is DOS.

Earlier examples of operas using the story were made by Kreutzer ( 1792 ) and Pucitta ( 1802 ).

In 1976, Hoff edited and published Editorial and Political Cartooning: From Earlier Times to the Present, which contains over 700 examples of works from the world's editorial and political cartoons.

Earlier examples usually included labor-intensive hardwood slats that were curved with the top, while there was a revival much later with rarer, all-metal ones being constructed.

Earlier modernist examples are the Bauhaus in Dessau ( 1926 ) and the Hallidie Building in San Francisco ( 1918 ).

* 1-1 / 2 " Long ( Earlier examples commonly 2 " long )

Earlier examples often had two or more stories, following the example of the Ilkhanate and Persian tombs on which the style was based ; the Malek Tomb is a good example of these.

Earlier examples of these notes were issued in denominations of $ 5 and $ 10 yuan and upwards, with such amounts being considered adequate until inflation took hold within China from 1944.

Earlier examples include looms, railroad signaling systems, telephone exchanges, pipe organs and electric power distribution systems.

Earlier, in April 1935, Italy had joined Britain and France in protesting against Germany's rearmament.

Earlier Royal Standards of the United Kingdom incorporated the Arms of Hanover and of the Kingdom of France, representing the title of Elector ( later King ) of Hanover and the theoretical claim to the throne of France ( a claim dropped in 1800 ).

Earlier, this woman had been so filled with a chaotic variety of introjects that at times, when she was in her room alone, it would sound to a passerby as though there were several different persons in the room, as she would vocalize in various kinds of voice.

Earlier than 900 CE progressing past the 13th century, the population complexes were a major center of culture for the Ancient Pueblo Peoples.

Earlier still, racquets were made of wood.

Earlier in the history of chemistry substances were given name by their discoverer, which often led to some confusion and difficulty.

Earlier French demands for the country to hold a National Conference resulted in the gathering of 750 delegates representing political parties ( which were legalized in 1992 ), the government, trade unions and the army to discuss the creation of a pluralist democratic regime.

Earlier censuses were taken in 1872 ( the first ), 1900, 1920, 1941, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, 2000 and 2010.

Earlier censuses were taken in 1869, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1921, 1930, 1950, 1961, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2001.

Earlier British clipper ships had become known as extreme clippers, and were considered to be " as sharp as the American " built ships.

Earlier, such terms were introduced in the Maxwell – Stefan diffusion equation.

Earlier in December 2005, the European Commission initiated the second stage of infringement proceedings against the British Government relating to Gibraltar ’ s failure to transpose five European Union directives on electronic communications, but these were closed after the relevant legislation was passed into law by the House of Assembly in June 2006.

Earlier in the 20th century, taller retaining walls were often gravity walls made from large masses of concrete or stone.

Earlier sanctuaries, whose dedication to Hera is less secure, were of the Mycenaean type called " house sanctuaries ".

Earlier, in the 1920s, there were records by a band called the Beverly Hillbillies.

Earlier Khoisan populations were absorbed by Bantu peoples, such as the Sotho and Nguni, but the Bantu expansion stopped at the region with winter rainfall.

Earlier buildings were made of wood and were destroyed.

Earlier meetings of groups that later formed the Republican Party were held in Ripon, Wisconsin ; Exeter, New Hampshire ; and Crawfordsville, Iowa, and all four cities bill themselves as the " Birthplace of the Republican Party.

Earlier curved sword designs similar to the katana were used in China such as the Zhanmadao.

Earlier definitions were less precise, defining molecules as the smallest particles of pure chemical substances that still retain their composition and chemical properties.

Earlier fleets were obtained from Europe and China, but a trade embargo has forced North Korea to build their own vehicles.

Earlier, the guilds of writers had denounced the printing press as " the Devil's Invention ", and were responsible for a 53-year lag between its invention by Johannes Gutenberg in Europe in c. 1440 and its introduction to the Ottoman society with the first Gutenberg press in Istanbul that was established by the Sephardic Jews of Spain in 1493 ( who had migrated to the Ottoman Empire a year earlier, escaping from the Spanish Inquisition of 1492.

Earlier androids were easier to detect because of their limited intelligence.

Earlier CD-i games included entries in popular Nintendo franchises, although those games were not developed by Nintendo.

Earlier modes were telegraphy ( Morse Code ), teleprinter ( Baudot ) and facsimile.

Earlier rendering algorithms, such as Whitted-style ray tracing were capable of computing effects such as reflections, refractions, and shadows, but despite being highly global phenomena, these effects were not commonly referred to as " global illumination.

Earlier descriptions of the species placed it within the genus Columba, but it was transferred to a monotypic genus due to the greater length of the tail and wings.

Earlier models had seating for only two passengers in the rear because the high driveshaft " hump " necessitated dividing the seat ; a fixed arm rest ( later made removable because of customer requests ) was placed between the rear passengers in earlier models.

Earlier tintypes were sometimes placed in cases, as were daguerreotypes and ambrotypes ; but uncased images in paper sleeves and for albums were popular from the beginning.

Earlier in the series, Togusa theorizes that because the Laughing Man was such a superb hacker, he placed no value in digital media: it could be easily overwritten or deleted.

Earlier in 1944 Bet Zuri had suggested assassinating Prime Minister Churchill and other highly placed British political personalities, according to secret files not publicly released by MI5 until April 2011.