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

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1 At this stage either party can invoke a procedure introduced in 1980 , which can place pressure on the other side to withdraw or settle at an early stage .
2 A major problem that arose at an early stage was the reconciliation of the local authority 's requirements for one car-parking space per flat with the DoE 's refusal to fund a scheme in which the entire ground floor would be used for parking .
3 It is important not to miss this diagnosis because the disease is potentially fatal but can be cured if resected at an early stage .
4 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 .
5 Nursing staff , on the other hand , began to participate in out-patient team discussions and contributed at an early stage to identifying children and young people who might benefit from hospital admission .
6 Capacity to learn about associations in the world is clearly of great value in a variable environment and appeared at an early stage in animal evolution .
7 , Isaac ( d. 1699 ) , Hebrew scholar and bibliophile , was born in Spain and taken at an early age to Hamburg .
8 Everywhere , he said , he found ‘ a real sense all the parties want the negotiations to succeed and to resume at an early date . ’
9 Unless detected at an early stage weight loss is an inevitable result of pancreatic insufficiency , but before this becomes apparent the dog 's appetite will have increased , simply because it is not absorbing enough nutrients .
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