Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] at an early [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( 1966 : 72 ) recognized such unobtrusive measures have found favour in field-work and I discovered at an early stage that the problem remains one of revealing the structural warts of the system while somehow indicating that this need not be seditious ; and indeed might even be of some value .
2 Several banks and insurance companies explored the possibility of creating locally-based groups of older people , linked through glossy magazines , but they withdrew at an early stage .
3 Obtaining office copy entries ( as opposed to furnishing merely a copy of the registered title ) is advisable as it reveals at an early stage whether or not there is a second charge which may not have been disclosed to the husband 's solicitors .
4 Before I accept the Secretary of State 's olive branch and damn my political career in front of my colleagues on the Opposition Front Bench , will he clarify at an early stage in the Standing Committee the position about nurses in Wales , England , Scotland and Northern Ireland who take courses and then return to their own districts ?
5 This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation .
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