Example sentences of "[verb] at a early [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Thus , if changes appear at an early stage it may be necessary to carry out more frequent testing ; alternatively , the reverse situation may apply .
2 It is essential to establish at an early stage the significance of the properties to the operations and overall value of the target business .
3 Did you start painting at an early age ?
4 Did you start painting at an early age ?
5 The quest for dominance starts at an early age , and even kids spar with one another .
6 In positive terms , Roscoe Pound tried at an early stage to provide a concise , if rather general , statement of what realism stood for :
7 The same groups of women are at risk : those of a promiscuous nature , and particularly those whose first sexual intercourse occurred at an early age .
8 Obviously all age-groups are arbitrary ; the point being made here is that the actual divisions used should be chosen for their usefulness in classifying people for the purposes of the research being undertaken , and this decision should be considered at an early stage .
9 The significant point to emerge from Zeki 's work is that a perceptual phenomenon once believed to be the result of high level cognitive processing now turns out to have a single cell correlate at an early stage in the visual pathways .
10 The question of whether the proposed disposal is in the best interests of the client and when the business should best be sold should be addressed at an early stage .
11 Alternative arrangements can be developed and their performances assessed , and areas of possible problems can be identified and alleviated at an early stage of the design .
12 If those authorities were negligent or in any way in breach of duty , it is important that that fact should be uncovered at an early stage .
13 They should be instructed at an early stage , and informed promptly of developments .
14 It must be shared , and its final use must be decided at an early planning stage .
15 The first witness had decided at an early stage not to travel to Dublin ; the second only recently made his decision not to give evidence .
16 It was decided at an early stage that future designs could no longer be coach-built on separate custom-made chassis , as was the case with the now-deleted Bentley Continental and Rolls-Royce Corniche coupes ( which still exist as convertibles ) , but would have to be built on the regular production lines at Crewe alongside the conventional monocoque four-door saloon models .
17 So at least eight people with Down 's syndrome were disenfranchised at an early stage by their parents or their electoral registration authority .
18 Developmental evidence suggests that an attachment to the symbols of monarchy occurs at an early stage , well before sophisticated cost-benefit analyses of national revenue are possible ( Abramson and Inglehan , 1970 ) .
19 1.4 Plans and photographs are indispensable in many personal injury cases and are best prepared at an early stage .
20 So many good young dogs have been ruined at an early age by incompetent trainers .
21 Adjustment can then be made at an early stage before it is too late .
22 consider at an early stage if client headed note paper and / or specimen signatures will be required ; and
23 If true , it should follow that antral cancer would be more common and would occur at an early age in those parts of the world where the majority of the population already have serum antibodies to the organism before adult life .
24 The challenge is to identify at an early stage those who are most at risk of developing serious complications so that appropriate treatment may be given .
25 This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation .
26 We also going to identify at an early stage the financial resources that will be in next year in order to meet our obligation with identifying worthwhile all the time and then by a course of are reserved er to , to support
27 The Banks have also agreed to give the IBOA information on staff and payroll costs at an early date .
28 It was agreed at an early stage ( principally at Citrine 's insistence ) that sales in urban and rural areas should be at common prices , so that many rural dwellers already having a supply had prices reduced , though new consumers distant from the mains still had to pay a one-off contribution or line rental ( which varied according to the Board ) to meet part of the cost of connection .
29 While loss of learning ability among the elderly appeared primarily linked to difficulties in understanding , recall , and error abandonment , if these were corrected at an early stage ‘ old people can learn much more readily than is commonly supposed ’ ( Welford 1966 : 5 ) .
30 They began selling at an early age , certainly before 10 years of age .
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