Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] this stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conclusion we are entitled to draw from these findings is that , in general , female usage tends towards the more ‘ careful ’ end of the stylistic continuum and male usage towards the more ‘ casual ’ , and it seemed at this stage of our research that we had some justification for the claim that in linguistic variation , sex-differentiation is prior to class differentiation and need not be interpreted as subsidiary to class ( as it normally has been ) . |
| 2 | However , it also seemed at this stage that science depended on uniformity and invariance . |
| 3 | She belonged in this stage set , among these lies . |
| 4 | The free edge of the epidermis has clearly moved in over the marked wound mesenchyme , leaving less than 10% of it exposed by this stage . |
| 5 | ‘ Before it got to this stage there would undoubtedly have been letters flying between the two . |
| 6 | Perhaps we , I mean , then British Section said to us on this erm and I 'd s , already said I think er by the time it got to this stage of conversation that we were without a prisoner at the moment , but , but awaiting one , and he said well , that would ex , that would explain it because er , until we initiate it , British Section initiates it you wo n't get another prisoner , they 're waiting for conformation from R E S |
| 7 | In 1980 60% of Digital 's systems went through this stage . |
| 8 | The nickname he acquired at this stage — Tiger Tim — was less to do with his crusading journalistic style than his relentless pursuit of late contributors to the magazine . |
| 9 | Marx and Engels suggest that priests were the first ideologists who emerged at this stage . |
| 10 | The strange , abstract and logically fantastic world of the mathematicians remained somewhat isolated both from the general and the scientific public , perhaps more so than before , since its main contact with both , physics ( through physical technology ) , appeared at this stage to have less use for its most advanced and adventurous abstractions than in the great days of the construction of a celestial mechanics . |
| 11 | How far Warnie emulated at this stage of life his father 's fondness for a little drop of whiskey , and at what point he began his calamintous descent into alcoholism is not easy to determine . |
| 12 | On balance they are better off being fully camouflaged at this stage , because although the blue tail may save the life of many a young lizard it also has the disadvantage of being so conspicuous that it can , to some extent , attract unwanted attention in the first place . |
| 13 | But is the thing is budget led at this stage , I mean is n't that , are we really , is n't the |
| 14 | We realized at this stage that it would be difficult for this strand of non-print publishing to develop from existing production expertise , however advanced the latter 's use of electronics to produce print more cheaply and more flexibly . |
| 15 | And I suddenly realized at this stage that there was going to be something rather unexpected happening . |
| 16 | The Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement ( PMDB ) , the largest single party in the congress , had at this stage refused to join the government ; it had opposed Franco 's first choice as Finance Minister but failed to have its own candidate nominated . |
| 17 | Congress ( I ) continued at this stage to prop up Chandra Shekhar 's fragile minority Janata Dal ( S ) government but extracted a number of major concessions for its support . |
| 18 | Initially at least , NHS resources were not being passed across to the local authorities and the voluntary organizations active within the Riverside DHA which had by this stage succeeded Victoria DHA in another reorganization . |
| 19 | But despite the various aspects of his ‘ U turn ’ , Heath had by this stage burned his boats , so far as the re-creation of a ‘ corporatist accommodation ’ was concerned . |
| 20 | There had by this stage been seven rounds of preliminary talks designed to arrange such a meeting . |
| 21 | The Council had by this stage resolved the issue of its degree classification , so that separate degrees with separate admission for honours and ordinary students were no longer to be offered . |
| 22 | Brinson had by this stage , therefore , acquired a reputation of not being committed to any one institution , and enquiries pointed to him as a neutral Chairman of the new panel , which he was asked to chair , and by virtue of his chairmanship he also became a member of the Creative and Performing Arts Panel , and then Board . |
| 23 | As my companion remarked , the oldies are goldies and you ca n't get much ( g ) older than ‘ I stood on this stage 30 years ago and I was so successful they 've asked me back tonight . ’ |
| 24 | Life remained at this stage of development for a vast period . |