Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [det] stage " in BNC.

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1 Nottingham , the holders , outbowled by Cumbria in the quarter-finals , had been fortunate to survive to that stage .
2 The effects upon the services with which this book is concerned and upon the behaviour of local government are hard to predict at this stage .
3 Or was it possible for one individual to be in the position of a net ‘ receiver ’ for some considerable time because of an expectation that they would be able to reciprocate at some stage in the future ?
4 Choose three or four and pick the ones that most need correcting , that is , the words the pupil ought to be able to spell at this stage ( see What goes wrong ? , page 6 ) .
5 What we are saying is , the patient ought to be able to determine at any stage of their illness what care they receive , and they ought to know what is coming next .
6 Employees ' attitudes er were fairly stable , fairly stable and some of the work that was done was so highly skilled er that it needed a craftsman 's experience to be able to get to that stage of being able to turn a job you know , to very fine limits , or to grind an objective to absolutely no limits , or to , to assemble a job with all the skill and the know-how that had been built up over his twenty five or thirty years ' experience you know , along with his colleagues .
7 Moreover , if only a limited number of more senior places are available , very able corporals and subalterns will get tired of waiting for promotion to sergeant and captain respectively , and will be inclined to leave at that stage .
8 Unfortunately I am obliged to terminate at this stage , because someone has just passed me a note saying that the band has to depart at 11 pm , and it is now 10.30 .
9 It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring .
10 That is a question I am afraid that is impossible to answer at this stage , that wo n't be known until he 's had a thorough investigation by the surgeons at the hospital who er probably wo n't be able to answer that for a day or two yet .
11 And a spokeswoman for trainer Toby Balding confirmed : ‘ Morley Street is likely to run at this stage . ’
12 We shall briefly discuss three interconnected lines of enquiry and , although the success of these approaches is hard to evaluate at this stage , they have certainly raised many issues which either expose the incompleteness of the simple Keynesian model or point to fundamental inadequacies within it .
13 As we approach the end of the diet and exercise programme , it is important to decide at this stage how you intend to proceed afterwards.If you have a significant amount of weight to lose you have the choice of continuing on the diet menus as included in the daily plans or you can follow the diet contained in my Complete Hip and Thigh Diet .
14 However , it is important to decide at this stage whether that part of an express clause which seeks to control competition during employment is also subject to such a test .
15 It is difficult to assess at this stage what the repercussions of these provisions on this sector will be , but it is important to oppose yet another Tory move to minimise statutory responsibility to provide housing for people without homes .
16 Ian Ross , finance director , said : ‘ It is difficult to comment at this stage , because management have an interest .
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