Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at [det] stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | The highlight of the Festival for us was really the International Violin Competition , which went on all day for 4 days ; 28 competitors played three different programmes , the ‘ survivors ’ being whittled down at each stage . |
| 2 | Mr do you want to come in at this stage ? |
| 3 | But he had to find out at some stage , did n't he ? ’ |
| 4 | Moreover you genuinely need to find out at this stage whether or not the job will suit you . |
| 5 | They operate in basically the same way , but VITC coding has to be recorded onto the tape ( of course without being visible in the picture ) , at the time of shooting or while being copied onto a second tape ; RCTC coding on the other hand can be carried out at any stage of the editing process , and so is the more flexible of the two systems . |
| 6 | Erm so er is there anything else we need to worry about at this stage do you think ? |
| 7 | The hole stays the same size as the dog grows , but few of them disappear altogether and are usually operated on at some stage . |
| 8 | The encounter can break off at any stage in the process of escalation . |
| 9 | Do n't tell me something 's turned up at this stage to stop Cris getting away ? ’ |
| 10 | Any problems with the wording of the draft questionnaire should show up at this stage and can be corrected before the real investigation starts . |
| 11 | Because you 're going to get into a situation where you 're taking amendments to the amendment and you well with great respect I think you would be better to duck out at this stage . |
| 12 | If an organiser does not co-ordinate and monitor and know exactly what 's going on at each stage , then ultimately he has only himself to blame if something goes wrong . |
| 13 | One last word of warning , if your pond does freeze over at any stage , do n't smash the ice as the shock waves created will also kill the fish . |
| 14 | A Sergeant with a crudely reconstructed pink blob of a nose — obviously bitten off at some stage in his professional or previous career — sat at a damascened bronze data-desk stained green with cupreous patina . |
| 15 | Another character turns up at this stage in the obese and blustering form of Judge Sir John Popham . |
| 16 | But you were too young to realise just how much work you have to put in at that stage of building up a business , how much effort it takes to hold the whole thing together and stop it from collapsing around you . ’ |
| 17 | Not to exaggerate the cat 's breeding abilities , it must be recorded that from the age of eight until twelve years there is a gradual decline in the number of kittens produced in each litter , so the reproductive apparatus is beginning to show signs of slowing down at this stage , and only the strongest and healthiest of moggies can stay the full course . |
| 18 | It is thought that British Midland considered the City Airport some time ago , but decided against moving in at that stage . |
| 19 | To ease off at any stage would undo all the good work . ’ |
| 20 | It is convenient to point out at this stage that , for colliding gravitational and electromagnetic waves , two of the scalar polynomial invariants ( Penrose and Rindler , 1986 ) are given by ( 8.2 ) It follows from this that , in order to prove the existence of a scalar polynomial curvature singularity , it is sufficient merely to show that the component 2 is unbounded . |
| 21 | It is also important to point out at this stage that Firbas ' notions of context-dependence/independence are much more restricted than Halliday 's notions of given/new : |
| 22 | But in this particular lesson the decision structure is something of a mirage , for as we have already pointed out at this stage the situation is not real enough for these children to be making anything but a superficial gesture — going through the motions of making a decision . |
| 23 | ‘ League points are still important to us and nobody wants to miss out at this stage of the season . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll talk to her ; I 'd rather you did n't butt in at this stage — and nothing for the record . |
| 25 | The incentive aspect may be brought in at this stage to define a reward for the contractor for finishing on or before the contract completion date and compensation to the customer for finishing late . |
| 26 | Mains electricity was supposedly going to be brought in at some stage , but God only knew when that would be . |
| 27 | A lot of people of my age do n't want to settle down at this stage . ’ |
| 28 | I think we 'd better switch off at this stage . |
| 29 | Any information the client is interested in can be printed off at any stage during the search . |
| 30 | Since you are not connecting up at this stage , the rising main can be installed at a leisurely pace . |