Example sentences of "[vb infin] at this stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are going to take notes , let the candidate know at this stage , explain that you do it for all the candidates , and that they are nothing sinister but simply a memory aid . |
| 2 | ‘ We will be billing Wimbledon for damage caused , although we do n't know at this stage how much it will all cost . |
| 3 | The force spokeswoman said : ‘ How it happened we do n't know at this stage . |
| 4 | With regard to the incident this morning , we do not know at this stage whether the injured man was operating a taxi or not . |
| 5 | Because no one can know at this stage what those conditions might be , it would be unwise for anyone now to decide irrevocably to take that decision at a future date . |
| 6 | We do not therefore know at this stage whether the station will meet the Government 's investment criteria . ’ |
| 7 | It 's very difficult at this moment to say we 're not talking about finished stock you know , you 're gon na get fluctuations on product , but what worries me , I do n't know at this stage how many tonnes of bone meal we 've got stashed away somewhere or how many tonnes of compost maker we 've got stacked anywhere for use in the pre-pack . |
| 8 | Although I accept that the Home Secretary will not resign at this stage , does he accept that , when that case is combined with prisoner escapes and Sunday trading , his credentials as a law and order Minister begin to look a little threadbare ? |
| 9 | What you should not do at this stage is to listen to differing advice on how to do precise round loops . |
| 10 | Although he avoids arguing that capitalism created a sexual morality to serve its own imperatives — it has no master plan — ‘ the best we can do at this stage is to suggest that the articulation between sexual mores and capitalism occurs through complex mediations — through moral agencies , political interventions , diverse social practices ’ . |
| 11 | There was nothing more we could do at this stage , so we enjoyed a leisurely lunch , and Sunday was cancelled ( which was fortunate , as it rained ) . |
| 12 | All I shall do at this stage is to give a summary of how I see effective religious education . |
| 13 | The problem is largely an insuperable one , and all we can do at this stage is to bear it in mind . |
| 14 | Yes , there must be be a reason and as I 'm sure , I mean like like the objective , and then what you can do at this stage in the design process is once you 've got the objective then you select those themes or ideas from your what you 've done just now to support that objective , so that when you come up my objective is to convince you or my objective is to inform you then the information that you 're going to give out supports that objective . |
| 15 | Many parents who have given their children a clear understanding of right and wrong , and those who have laid the foundation of Christian faith , may feel at this stage that their children are rejecting their values once and for all . |
| 16 | Even this brief delay meant that he would be out of sight and out of earshot , but did that matter at this stage ? |
| 17 | ‘ I have no idea what matters or does not matter at this stage . ’ |
| 18 | This social aspect of reading , of sharing a pleasurable experience , should begin at this stage . |
| 19 | For should any difficulty emerge at this stage , we will want to return to the party kept on hold without undue delay . |
| 20 | I have passed your letter to the Administration Section of the Department for formal processing , however , I should like at this stage to thank you for your contribution to the work of Lothian Trading Standards Department , and wish you well with your future career at |
| 21 | With such an indictment and such a challenge in terms of the variety of disciplinary insights needed , the reader may well wonder at this stage whether one brief chapter can even begin to make any impact on this question . |
| 22 | However , there is scope , in future years , should the Committee wish to develop the site , but I recognise the limited resources of the Civic Trust and I would only wish at this stage that the Trust continues to visit the site and also encourages and supports educational visits . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not wish at this stage to disclose the nature of the circumstantial evidence . ’ |
| 24 | Further thrusting may develop at this stage through sliding of large rock masses under the force of gravity along the flanks of the uplifted orogen ( see Section 7.3 ) . |
| 25 | Structures such as buildings placed on the surface will collapse at this stage . |
| 26 | Ms Baker forecast cuts in plans for the Festival if the district council did not provide more funds , but said she could not indicate at this stage which productions would go . |
| 27 | ‘ The Darkfall strike generates what we can only call at this stage a chemical reaction . |
| 28 | I must admit at this stage I though I had cracked it but I should have known after so many years of breeding fish , success is not guaranteed . |
| 29 | He seems to be playing really well at the moment and to let him go at this stage would be killing shooting ourselves in the foot . |
| 30 | Right that 's just determined to the level at which I can go at this stage then . |