Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] at an earlier [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
2 | Mr and Mrs Hoad , giving evidence at an earlier hearing , said Mr Gould had |
3 | Delegates felt that women had more talent than men for spotting potential sources of trouble and taking action at an earlier stage . |
4 | The scale can be illustrated by the fact that 30 years ago our young people were maturing at a later stage than now , but in many cases were leaving school at an earlier age and taking up employment — the gap between adolescence and employment was perhaps only 12 months . |
5 | More success might be expected from measures directed towards offering help at an earlier stage when the patient is less distressed , for example when the patient gets in touch with the general practitioner . |