Example sentences of "at this age " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concentration spans are short at this age but , once commands are taught on a ‘ reward-for-getting-it-right/patience-not-punishment-for-getting-it-wrong ’ basis , it 's just a case of frequent practice . |
| 2 | At this age boozing did n't have much visible effect and he always had a red face anyway . |
| 3 | Even a figure more comparable with Lewis , G. K. Chesterton , had at this age published five of his most distinguished books , and discovered his own voice . |
| 4 | I felt it was very important at this point in their childhood because I think they are such good company at this age . |
| 5 | I have just turned 21 and I think at this age I am just starting to grow up anyway . |
| 6 | ‘ The task at this age is to move outside your home , but the world seems very big . |
| 7 | The questions on self-care at this age enquire about the child 's ability to dress and feed him or herself in readiness for school . |
| 8 | Movement is always hard to assess at this age , but avoid any puppy who moves erratically or is obviously lame ! |
| 9 | Actual long coats , although difficult to spot at this age , will show in fluffy long hairs on the ears in particular . |
| 10 | One called Success After Sixty ( address on page 149 ) now considers anyone from the age of 50 because of early retirement or redundancy , or because some women on finding themselves alone at this age need to find another job . |
| 11 | But not everyone wants to mix purely with their peers at this age any more than at any other . |
| 12 | Some doctors advise check-ups at this age but most of us wait to visit the surgery until we suspect something is actually wrong . |
| 13 | Hair sometimes changes from being dry to becoming greasy at this age but as likely as not will revert later to its usual condition . |
| 14 | It is not surprising if boys and girls at this age spend hours in the bathroom , or in front of the mirror , adjusting to their new self . |
| 15 | All children love playing with balls and at this age it is sure to be one each , so that one-to-one correspondence comes naturally . |
| 16 | IN 1990 , 87,555 women married between the ages of 20 and 24 , and 71,489 — or 81.6 per cent — divorced after marrying at this age . |
| 17 | When you are at this age and you come up against a brick wall , you do sometimes feel like screaming with frustration . |
| 18 | Similarly some attempts at self-dressing are possible at this age ( excluding buttons and fastenings ) while a 5-year-old should be able to manage all aspects of getting dressed . |
| 19 | Any child whose weight is on or below the third centile ( i.e. only three in every hundred children will be this weight at this age ) is very seriously underweight . |
| 20 | Unfortunate experiences of gagging on lumps of food at this age can be frightening for children and cause them to reject solids . |
| 21 | By the time they are three years old , young chimps are attempting it themselves , but at this age they are still very inefficient , often using tools of the wrong size . |
| 22 | Treatment for tapeworms can also start at this age . |
| 23 | Coaches and parents should not put too much pressure on youngsters at this age . ’ |
| 24 | Parents and coaches should be encouraging children at this age . ’ |
| 25 | Among elderly people living alone , 63 per cent of the highest quartile of RNR had occupational pensions , compared with 10 per cent of those in the lowest quartile , underlining the importance of such pensions in determining income at this age . |
| 26 | At this age , he started boxing , principally at the instigation of his brother Lex . |
| 27 | What we have not changed is what has made the book so popular with your students , in particular the themes which combine so well the requirements of the exam with the interests of students at this age . |
| 28 | Social workers responsible for eight-year-olds should see non-reading at this age as a danger sign and a precursor of learning and behaviour problems . |
| 29 | At this age , heavy smokers have 10 to 15 times the rate of fatal heart attacks of nonsmokers . |
| 30 | Some are unwanted high parity conceptions ; in addition a high proportion of abortions at this age are carried out because a congenital malformation has been diagnosed in the foetus . |