Example sentences of "at an age " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many dog training clubs only take dogs when they are six months old … well past the steep part of the learning curve and often at an age when male dogs , especially , are starting to grow up ( and become as rebellious and resistant to authority as any human adolescent ! ) . |
| 2 | A significant number of them end up in jail for long prison terms , often at an age when less adventurous corporate executives are retiring to the golf course . |
| 3 | Universities will accept applications mostly from youngsters who have done well in their in-depth subject , so 16-year-olds will still have to make the decision about their careers at an age when many are not ready , and two years before most other Europeans . |
| 4 | King Henry IV proved not to be popular , mainly because he had to ward off constant attempts to usurp him , and all his energy was directed in that pursuit , so that he died at an age of less than forty-seven , in March 1413 . |
| 5 | I recall a debate at an Age Concern England governors ' meeting no less when , in answer to my piping treble advocating such a reform , there were those present who urged caution , on the grounds that old people became blinder , deafer and dafter ( to be fair , ‘ could n't take in things so quickly ’ and ‘ could n't concentrate as much ’ were the euphemisms actually employed ) . |
| 6 | It is not surprising that many give up fishing at an age when they should be at their peak , with a true set of values and the all too rare ability to enjoy themselves even when fish are not being very cooperative . |
| 7 | Still worse off is the man who dies in harness at an age far beyond the normal age of retirement . |
| 8 | They have roughed it around the world ever since , at an age when most people would be content with a game of bowls at Eastbourne . |
| 9 | They were at an age when one often does not like eating very much ; and the Greeks , a poor race with memories of starvation , like their children to be well fed , and to be seen to be well fed . |
| 10 | On the conscious level , sexuality was to me only one of the responsibilities of adulthood : as far the sexual act itself was concerned , I simply did n't want to know , as a child who is exposed to sexual information at an age when she/he feels incapable of absorbing it will not want to know . |
| 11 | At an age when most men are window shopping for zimmer frames , Ron Marsh is looking forward to his 41st year of rugby with Old Dartfordians after making his debut in December 1951 . |
| 12 | In recent times , however , most people have come to experience and to expect an abrupt transition from full-time work to full-time retirement at an age when many of them feel reasonably fit . |
| 13 | As Sikes , Measor and Woods have found in their life history interviews with secondary teachers , many teachers regard examinations not as a constraint but as a resource for motivating pupils at an age when their enthusiasm for school might otherwise be waning . |
| 14 | He shows that for men this occurs at an age somewhere in the mid-80s . |
| 15 | Afterwards I was very glad that we had n't , still being at an age to believe that there is something intrinsically precious in virginity , and I decided to carry mine intact to the altar . |
| 16 | Teenage farm workers are particularly sensitive to their image at an age when they are dating girls who may or may not hope for a better future than that of a farm worker 's wife . |
| 17 | At an age when I was having qualms over the philosophy of M. Bergson , he was speaking in a factory yard of the necessity to go on strike . |
| 18 | Obviously she was still at an age to be amused by funny voices . |
| 19 | At an age when most young men are going out and having fun , I was behaving like a grey-haired old man . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you know that you caught me at an age when Taureans are at their most vulnerable ? |
| 21 | After his sexual initiation by a barmaid in an outback pub , while his father was drinking downstairs ( at an age which would seem to be about twelve and a half — but Greg felt the incident had been brought forward significantly , from a feeling that the narrative pace of the opening pages was already flagging ) , Gerald Seymour-Strachey went on to a variety of girls ( occasionally called ‘ girlies ’ ) and later women . |
| 22 | You were so young , at an age to want to experiment and to find a DJ a glamorous figure , that I imagined it was superficial enough to have a time limit on it . |
| 23 | He was at an age when he could be both inside himself and outside himself at the same time : he knew he was only playing a game , but the game still remained real to him . |
| 24 | She was still at an age when honour , bravery and loyalty outweigh results . |
| 25 | Stool soiling was difficult to assess , many children were not at an age to be toilet trained . |
| 26 | Anna Kingsmill Vellacott 's education very nearly finished at an age when Ruth 's had not begun . |
| 27 | Some had children that are at an age where there might be a tendency towards vandalism , one of whom had been speedily dealt with by her when he attempted to slide down the oak bannister , kicking her as he went down . |
| 28 | But , at an age when most women figure their nappy days are over , the thought of never again hearing the patter of little feet is just too much for Goldie . |
| 29 | But , at an age when most women figure their nappy days are over , the thought of never again hearing the patter of little feet is just too much for Goldie . |
| 30 | There is a further plus point : at an age when the major arteries of the body are narrowing , HRT is thought to widen them and so allow blood to flow more freely . |