Example sentences of "[conj] [art] first stage [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In case librarians and information scientists feel that the first stage of Taylor 's processes of adding value is not very challenging , I feel that I should spend a few moments indicating the considerable complexity of the publicly available information resource potentially relevant to business activities . |
| 2 | If British Rail feels that the first stage of the channel tunnel rail link to Stratford and King 's Cross does not offer immediate opportunities for a freight route , there is something seriously amiss in its thinking . |
| 3 | Noting that the first stage of economic and monetary union ( EMU ) would come into effect on July 1 , 1990 , the summit decided that the intergovernmental conference to establish the final stages of economic and monetary union would open on Dec. 13 and would conclude its work rapidly with a view to member states ratifying the results by the end of 1992 . |
| 4 | Durham County Council has announced that the first stage of the contract , valued at just under £2m , has been awarded to Sheffield firm Henry Boot , due to start work early in March . |
| 5 | Cleanliness is important when making a pipe joint and the first stage with elderly pipes may be to remove rust , old paint and congealed jointing compound . |
| 6 | It is the final stage of machinery for ‘ minor ’ issues that have worked their way up the machinery from other levels , and the first stage for ‘ major ’ issues such as proposed new staffing arrangements or working conditions affecting broad groups of staff throughout the railways . |
| 7 | Progress in the implementation of the 1992 programme and the first stage of the Delors Plan , agreed by all EC member countries , is likely to strengthen the political resolve of the Community to maintain the momentum of European integration . |
| 8 | Over-indexing petrol duties could add a quarter per cent a year , the switch of mortgage interest tax relief from 25p to 20p in the pound will add 0.25 per cent to inflation , other things being equal , and the first stage of value added tax on domestic heating will add 0.37 per cent to the cost of living in April 1994 , and another 0.44 per cent in 1995 . |
| 9 | Too much sex becomes boring — sex therapists can testify to many marriages on the rocks because of sexual boredom , and the first stage in therapy is to ban sex . |
| 10 | The author stresses that the nature of assessment is a complex activity requiring skill and being more than the gathering of information which is but a first stage in the process . |
| 11 | Because the first stage of hypnosis involves learning to relax — something we all need — any side-effects experienced are likely to be very beneficial indeed . |
| 12 | The deployment was welcomed by the FRUD 's Paris representative , Ismail Ibrahim , as the first stage in an overall French plan to secure a negotiated end to the conflict . |
| 13 | The avoidance of such fluctuations was considered desirable not only as a first stage in monetary union but also for the smooth operation of the Common Agricultural Policy , since food prices are calculated according to the exchange value of member currencies . |