Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at an [adj] stage " in BNC.
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1 | At this stage either party can invoke a procedure introduced in 1980 , which can place pressure on the other side to withdraw or settle at an early stage . |
2 | A major problem that arose at an early stage was the reconciliation of the local authority 's requirements for one car-parking space per flat with the DoE 's refusal to fund a scheme in which the entire ground floor would be used for parking . |
3 | It is important not to miss this diagnosis because the disease is potentially fatal but can be cured if resected at an early stage . |
4 | Alternative arrangements can be developed and their performances assessed , and areas of possible problems can be identified and alleviated at an early stage of the design . |
5 | Nursing staff , on the other hand , began to participate in out-patient team discussions and contributed at an early stage to identifying children and young people who might benefit from hospital admission . |
6 | Capacity to learn about associations in the world is clearly of great value in a variable environment and appeared at an early stage in animal evolution . |
7 | Unless detected at an early stage weight loss is an inevitable result of pancreatic insufficiency , but before this becomes apparent the dog 's appetite will have increased , simply because it is not absorbing enough nutrients . |
8 | The Commandment anticipates The Form but is less comprehensive in its analysis , whereas in Ego Dormio although he does not borrow Victorine terminology for his analysis , he nevertheless outlines a growth in religious experience similar to that in The Form but starting at an earlier stage in religious life . |