Example sentences of "[det] stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would make sense , at some stage , to equalise the tax treatment of earned and ‘ unearned ’ income ; but then the perpetuation of distinct national insurance would look very silly indeed . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , I would advocate studying some subject in depth , not necessarily as an undergraduate , so that you can feel you have really mastered it at some stage in your career . |
| 3 | It may be unconscious , but we 've made a decision at some stage about how it 's going to be . |
| 4 | At some stage , informal contacts can be very effective . |
| 5 | Just about everybody drove the BRM at some stage , even Fangio . |
| 6 | Terry is hoping to take a Sabbatical at some stage this year . |
| 7 | It was known that Potter wanted to direct some of his own work at some stage . |
| 8 | There will be a need at some stage for an international agency large , influential and well staffed enough to oversee and monitor measures to reduce green-house gases and perhaps administer aid funds . |
| 9 | That means at some stage we may have to see Mrs Yeo . |
| 10 | Most species will form groups at some stage of their life , for feeding , defence , or caring for the young , for example . |
| 11 | There is however another sense in which we are all grieving people , because at some stage or another we will have lost something or someone significant . |
| 12 | At some stage a bereaved person usually begins to feel that he or she must be very selfish indeed . |
| 13 | Involvement with a political party will at some stage inevitably involve meetings . |
| 14 | This is an over-simple account , but it does bring out the essential point that , at some stage , substances have to be transported across a membrane against a concentration gradient . |
| 15 | At some stage a clumsy , and unsuccessful , attempt has been made to erase the angel 's prominent manhood . |
| 16 | ‘ Cell death occurs in all animals and all tissues , at least at some stage of development . |
| 17 | ‘ Most therapists have , at some stage , experienced feelings of attraction to clients , but that is quite normal when you are in an intense relationship behind closed doors . |
| 18 | The Ford has a more aerodynamic shape than the Mercedes , which means better fuel consumption , and he will not rule out the possibility of switching to Transits at 3.5 tonnes at some stage . |
| 19 | At some stage , children become stronger than their parents ; they often become more intelligent , quicker-thinking … they may also be better-educated than their parents were and even better-off financially . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Among those aged 85 or more a similar proportion of those with and without living siblings had been admitted to a home at some stage but among those aged 75 — 84 more of those without any such relatives had been admitted : 30 per cent compared with 17 per cent . |
| 22 | At some stage a nine-hole course also existed on Ewelme Common but little is known of it , and other courses are likely to have come and gone . |
| 23 | Although the original bond rules state that transfers ‘ must have been first approved by the Club Committee ’ this appears never to have happened , although at some stage the rule was amended to apply only to ‘ non-member ’ transferees . |
| 24 | The assumption made was that perhaps as many as one child in five might need special educational help at some stage in their school career . |
| 25 | Yet everyone may come into contact with the mentally handicapped at some stage in their lives ; indeed any one of us may be accidentally brain damaged . |
| 26 | At some stage earlier in the century , a malt roller mill was added . |
| 27 | It 's the single most popular type of make-up available , and even women who were no other cosmetic will buy lipstick at some stage in their lives . |
| 28 | I was always allowed , at some stage of the adventure , to steer the boat ; clinging to the rudder handle in an agony of excitement . |
| 29 | At some stage in this process of determination , the ventilator must be turned off . |
| 30 | At some stage in a competition , competitors have to be ranked in order , and this has come to be the role of public examinations . |