Example sentences of "[noun] at [adj] stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no point in taking risks at this stage . |
| 2 | Indeed , the same patient may require more than one remedy at different stages of the treatment programme . |
| 3 | Likes and dislikes apart , the inheritance which matters most for our thinking at this stage is more to do with what has fashioned our inner responses , especially the responses which cause us discomfort , anger , anxiety or conflict . |
| 4 | For those tha who are not to familiar with , the initials P P G , it stands for planning policy guidance , and there are a whole series of these guidance notes produced by the Department of the Environment for the er advice guidance of , well not only the local planning authorities but anyone else who is interested in the development business , and they are expressions of , I suppose government policy , er and their attitudes towards various aspects , whether it 's countryside , housing , trans or transport , and they do pro provide a useful backcloth , in fact an extremely valuable backcloth to the way in which er this matter should be considered , erm I know from the submission which North Yorkshire County Council have used they would say that the fact they have n't had regard to all this er , but I would like to carry on the discussion against that background , and could you direct your thinking at this stage about the need for a new settlement in the light of the principles spelt out in P P G three and particularly paragraph thirty three . |
| 5 | Calories are n't baddies at this stage in children 's growth , as they provide much-needed stores of energy . |
| 6 | It was said that the report had advocated crude measures for dealing with a complex problem , and that not enough was known about the patterns of library use and the effects of browsing , literature obsolescence , or other factors , to put the future of university libraries at risk by wholesale withdrawals from stock at this stage of their development . |
| 7 | Just as individuals need to take stock at this stage , in order to lay the ghosts of the past , grapple with the present and set new goals for the future , so a couple may need to reappraise their marriage in those same areas . |
| 8 | ‘ It would be impracticable for the DoH at this stage to create a standing forum for residential care as whole . |
| 9 | Stabstitch braid to the outline of the pelmet on right side at this stage , but stitch fringing to the lower edge of the pelmet when the pelmet has been completed , or fix with fabric adhesive . |
| 10 | Of 6124 patients with 28,648 attacks , 2150 had ECGs within 4 h of oral or subcutaneous therapy and 5388 had ECGs at some stage ( Glaxo data ) . |
| 11 | There are several commonly used methods at this stage : |
| 12 | Ensure that you know the location of the bridle mark and are familiar with its movement around the rim of the connecting ring at any stage of adjustment . |
| 13 | When we 're researching our shows we explain the whole process very carefully to each woman who agrees to be interviewed ; they get paid for talking to us , they give feedback at all stages of the writing process — it 's very much done as a contract . |
| 14 | For , when the days of competition are over , teaching is about the only option open to the really committed dancer , complete retirement from the lists being an impossibility at that stage . |
| 15 | But they were facing defeat at one stage , slumping to 55–6 in reply to Cound 's 129–4 with spinners Pete Wise and Mike Jones taking two wickets each . |
| 16 | I think er the original plan would have envisaged er a very high proportion of that work having been converted to a fixed price at this point in the programme because according to the original programme not only would the aircraft have flown but we would be entering production investment at this stage and we would there be be fairly confident about the er maturity of the design , however the programme has proceeded much more slowly than originally planned and the amount of er the price that has been converted to a fixed price is indeed quite modest er we have in fact I think only converted eight of the price packages to a fixed price er basis so far . |
| 17 | Pérez de Cuéllar on Aug. 13 , and again on Aug. 17 , dissociated the UN from any attempt at this stage to impose sanctions by force , but Bush on Aug. 14 reaffirmed his view that the USA was acting within its legal rights , and called for clarification of the position of the permanent Security Council members , in advance of a possible further resolution . |
| 18 | The University will assume that it is free to approach referees at any stage unless the candidate 's application stipulates otherwise ( i.e. candidates who wish a referee or referees to be approached only with their specific permission and/or if they are being called for interview on the final short list or are in receipt of a conditional offer , are asked to state such requirements explicitly alongside the details of the relevant referee(s) ) . |
| 19 | The taste for the double telling of a story , both in text and pictures , is never lost , and so the paperback of Asterix and the Secret Weapon ( Hodder & Stoughton , £3.99 ) , which has a feminist infiltrating the English village , will be much welcomed by readers at all stages . |
| 20 | Do not be surprised if you reject as many as 50 per cent of the candidates at this stage . |
| 21 | Of the matt backgrounds Numbers 1 , 2 and the charcoal-grey flannel were the best , and indeed the only possible candidates at this stage . |
| 22 | For example , the discovery and development of anaesthesia did not involve animals at any stage . |
| 23 | He mused on how different his life would have been if he had met Viola when he was twenty-two , or rather someone like her , for she would not even have been a twinkle in her parents ' eyes at that stage . |
| 24 | RPS Group sank from 24p to 16½p at one stage , before steadying at 21p . |
| 25 | It may be that their main requisite at this stage is to find protection whilst they continue to live off their food reserves remaining from the food capsule . |
| 26 | Should you need to use your own car at any stage the mileage rate will be 30p per mile . |
| 27 | If you are recommended by your advisor and the interview panel , you may gain a place on the programme at this stage . |
| 28 | ‘ The whole team works on each programme at different stages , starting with one of the researchers , who makes all the preliminary enquiries . |
| 29 | If observed planetary behaviour differed from that predicted by the Copernican research programme at some stage in its development then the hard core of the programme could be protected by modifying the epicycles or adding new ones . |
| 30 | A further 9 per cent of the people who died spent at least part of the last twelve months of their lives in such homes ; so almost a quarter , 23 per cent , were in residential homes at some stage in the last year of their lives . |