Example sentences of "[prep] the first stage [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Certainly , the habituation process described in Chapter 2 will be engaged during the first stage of a latent inhibition experiment and might be expected to play some part in determining the outcome .
2 The Government 's insistence that the Channel tunnel rail link be privately-financed is being seen as the first stage in a longer term plan to privatise the entire British Rail network .
3 Fearing further unrest Alfonso 's government accepted the need for an electoral strategy and called local elections as the first stage in a gradual return to representative politics .
4 To coincide with world environment day , the government announced Operation Amazonia on June 5 as the first stage in a drive to combat the destruction of the rainforest .
5 It was the end of the first stage of a conflict which was to rumble on up to the Second World War .
6 Implicitly it is consistent with the first stage of a two-stage budgeting procedure , with investors initially deciding on the level of investment in a particular location and then determining the asset allocation of that investment .
7 The role of management in the first stages of a band 's career should not be underestimated .
8 In the first stages of a child 's head injury , staff here give vital support to the family .
9 THE ROYAL NAVY frigate HMS Alacrity arrived in the Colombian port of Cartagena yesterday , in the first stage of a British aid effort to combat drugs trafficking in Colombia .
10 For instance , when the accountant produces the band 's first accounts , and files them with the Inland Revenue , the invoices for the band 's musical equipment may need to be produced so that the accountant may obtain tax relief for these items , although they were purchased in the first stage of a band 's life .
11 London 's International Stock Exchange said it would cut 350 people from its staff of 2,800 in the first stage of a big slimming campaign .
12 THE European Community will agree today to implement limited United Nations sanctions against Libya , in the first stage of a process British diplomats hope will force Col Gaddafi to surrender the two Lockerbie bombing suspects for trial in the West .
13 For monitoring cylinder pressure , Pro-File has a socket connected by an electrical cable to a 340-bar transducer in the first stage of a demand valve ; use of the cable is optional , but without it some of the features are lost .
14 The budget , which projected expenditure of EC$246,900,000 , featured a 7 per cent pay increase for public employees at an estimated cost of EC$5,500,000 , in the first stage of a three-year programme of pay rises .
15 WORK is to start next month on the first stage of a £6.5m road scheme to improve access to Teesside Airport and better links between Darlington and Cleveland .
16 WORK is to start next month on the first stage of a £6.5m scheme to improve access to Teesside Airport and the link between Darlington and Cleveland .
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