Example sentences of "[be] at [art] [adj] stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said : ‘ We 're at a fact-finding stage . |
| 2 | You 're at a romantic stage . |
| 3 | Each burrow may be at a different stage . |
| 4 | Talks were said to be at an advanced stage and ‘ going well ’ . |
| 5 | An SBU with high capital intensity could well be at an early stage of its product life-cycle , when one would expect it to be building up its investment relative to sales and also experiencing low profitability as it fights to establish itself in the market . |
| 6 | ‘ It is input twice , ’ admits Mr Johnson , ‘ in the sense that sales would be at the invoicing stage and then put into FDC at the total stage with the two systems running side by side . |
| 7 | Having decided that he was very unlikely to shave for next sixteen or so days he wanted his beard to be at the past-scratch stage when he arrived . |
| 8 | Assistant county planning officer Alfreda Thistlethwaite said negotiations between the National Trust and Government departments over buying the land were at a crucial stage . |
| 9 | With regard to the right hon. Gentleman 's earlier remarks about opting in , I suggest that he discusses that matter with his right hon. Friends who would have signed the treaty in full without waiting to see what the economic conditions were at a later stage . |
| 10 | The Indian authorities on Nov. 22 and 28 denied that US pressure had been brought to bear , maintaining that negotiations for the sale of a reactor were at a preliminary stage and would not contravene international law . |
| 11 | The parricide probably occurred in different parts of the globe , where groups were at the first stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens , It is probable that the killing was done , although Freud is not insistent on the point , if the horror of the actual deed has been faced emotionally and the resistance to the idea that it was a deed is not based on emotional resistances . |
| 12 | All were at the same stage of their career , applying for their first senior house officer post in a non-teaching hospital because applications to teaching hospitals usually require completion of a form . |
| 13 | Accountants Ernst & Young , which is handling the sale , said negotiations were at an advanced stage . |
| 14 | Plans were at an advanced stage when Hamnett , having vacillated for some time , phoned the BFC to say she had decided in favour of Paris after all . |
| 15 | Negotiations with the De Vere hotel group , which were at an advanced stage , have recently broken down and precipitated the receivership . |
| 16 | Firstly Burmin , the company exploring Croagh Patrick , were at an advanced stage of prospecting : the company had said it had found ‘ an extensive gold-bearing structure ’ and ‘ an economic deposit ’ . |
| 17 | Cable & Wireless said that the talks were at an early stage . |
| 18 | Our investigations are at a delicate stage … ’ |
| 19 | These negotiations are at a delicate stage and senior staff at the observatory preferred to make no official comment when contacted yesterday . |
| 20 | The Policy Advisory Committee strongly advised that 13 should remain the age limit on the ground that girls of 12 are at a vulnerable stage of their lives , in particular because they are usually in their first year at a senior school and there is a risk that they will imitate the behaviour , including the sexual ways , of older girls . |
| 21 | As a result there is now a large group who are at a similar stage of HIV infection at any one time . |
| 22 | This allows a comparison to be made between markets in countries that are at a different stage in their development , but it is assumed that their development will follow a similar pattern . |
| 23 | Although discussions about translating targets into action plans are at a preliminary stage , the succession of target setting exercises has been based on a broad concept of the influences on health . |
| 24 | Talks are at a preliminary stage . |
| 25 | The three independent directors on the Saga board said last night that they had noted the possible offer , adding that discussions ‘ are at an early stage ’ and a further announcement would be made ‘ as soon as practicable ’ . |
| 26 | The negotiations are at an early stage , but they seem extremely interested in what we have to offer and have given us plenty of encouragement . ’ |
| 27 | If we are at an early stage of the work , still looking around for ideas and still perhaps ‘ hypothesis-seeking ’ , it is likely that we shall want to talk to people to try to get help , stimulation , new viewpoints , and so on . |
| 28 | Civil mobile systems are at an early stage of development but a low power band has been proposed , centred on 3.455GHz , and consideration has also been given to operation of future land mobile systems around 3.4GHz . |
| 29 | Standards are at an early stage of development and will be the focus of the newly formed Administration Lead Body 's work . |
| 30 | The ISE is aiming at creating a Single European Market in the top 200 international equities in cooperation with European exchanges , with one price mechanism ( centred in London , the ISE hopes ) , although plans are at an early stage . |