Example sentences of "were [verb] at an early [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So at least eight people with Down 's syndrome were disenfranchised at an early stage by their parents or their electoral registration authority . |
| 2 | While loss of learning ability among the elderly appeared primarily linked to difficulties in understanding , recall , and error abandonment , if these were corrected at an early stage ‘ old people can learn much more readily than is commonly supposed ’ ( Welford 1966 : 5 ) . |
| 3 | use animals , and then go onto to work using animals , and erm you know , if maybe alternative techniques were introduced at an earlier stage , maybe in their training , they 'd be more likely to them on board . |
| 4 | The pleas were entered at an earlier court which heard the charges arose out of the removal and subsequent sale of gents clothing from the store as well as what was described as the ‘ creaming off ’ of cash from sales at the counter . |
| 5 | For centuries trees were cut at an early stage to encourage timber to grow from the stumps : ash , field maple , hazel , hornbeam . |
| 6 | Two of them , the Hadera alignment and the Red Sea alignment , were eliminated at an early stage . |
| 7 | The skills that were needed to make intricate patterns by manipulating bobbins and pins at speed were learned at an early age . |
| 8 | Few clear-cut working plans for training sessions were established at an early stage , although attitudes varied . |
| 9 | They were first styled nobiles viri only in 1256 , and a tendency towards a late crystallization of a titled noblesse at this level is found in much of south-west France , with the possible exception of the vicomté of Béarn and other areas where primogeniture and impartible inheritance were established at an earlier date . |