Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [prep] [adj] stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | For my part , I do not see why the trial judge should not at that stage state in open court what that advice will be . |
| 2 | The court which would normally have taken cognizance was that over which the lord presided ; and although it was in the lord 's court that the vassal made his defiance , it was usually done , not in person , but by messenger or herald , and the vassal could not at that stage accept any ruling of the court . |
| 3 | He could not at that stage hope to fulfil this role himself . |
| 4 | It went to the extent of stating , ‘ … the TUC could not at any stage commit itself in advance to approve or acquiesce in the methods to be adopted to reach full employment simply because those methods can be shown to be well fitted and even necessary to the achievement of that objective … |
| 5 | But I have n't got I could n't at this stage say I could do a tap next year . |
| 6 | And I noticed at one point in the discussion , this was queried by H B F. I think they feared that we would n't at that stage we 'd be opening up free for all of the kind which we 've obviously been seeking to avoid thus far . |
| 7 | Therefore it can not at any stage , whether as embryo or fetus , be regarded as part of its mother 's body . |
| 8 | Surely Baldwin , whatever his desire earlier in the imbroglio , can not at this stage have wished to go back to the Cabinet on the following morning and announce that a wayward King , who had already compromised his position with most opinion both at home and in the Dominions , had suddenly changed his mind , at least temporarily , and , having attracted the maximum publicity to his preference for Mrs Simpson over the Throne , was now prepared to ditch her and try to pick up again the pieces of kingship . |