As we discussed earlier, they get paid by the trade.

As discussed earlier, this is not a cut and dry task.

We had discussed this meeting earlier between ourselves, and decided that he should take the lead.

The second generation of distance education is the industrial model discussed earlier.

We were discussing earlier in this forum how important that is.

Too often he asks readers to step back in time to some event discussed earlier.

Problems with reserves were discussed among senior executives months earlier.

I should have discussed the idea with you earlier.

I gave her this program using very unspecified language, for the reasons we discussed earlier.

I wish I had thought to discuss the matter earlier.