Minxy, es heißt ja auch
school holidays und nicht school's holidays
Bettina, "as early as" passiert früher als erwartet, aber
in der Zukunft, wie the kat richtig ergänzt hat.
Hier nur ein Beispiel für die übliche Verwendung:
Wadhams and his colleagues believe, however, that just such changes could be well under way. They predict that the slowing of the Gulf Stream is likely to be accompanied by other effects, such as the complete summer melting of the Arctic ice cap by
as early as 2020 and almost certainly by 2080. This would spell disaster for Arctic wildlife such as the polar bear, which could face extinction.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/arti...