Example sentences of "at the present stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the present stage of development of US television , on the other hand , the schedules of the majority viewing channels ( and this is of course complicated by the much wider dissemination of cable ) are stripped in a way which concentrates particular genres and subgenres within the same time-slot : the competition is directed quite blatantly at the same demographic group or taste constituency , and , characteristically , for the network viewer , the choice is within genres and subgenres rather between them . |
| 2 | At the present stage of scientific development , it is surely sad that a healthy human fetus should be destroyed merely because it is not of the sex the mother prefers . |
| 3 | Just why there are more calories in the human excreta following the intake of a high-fibre diet is less than fully understood at the present stage of scientific research . |
| 4 | ‘ I am convinced ’ , he wrote in 1905 , ‘ that … at the present stage of world politics , the British people can get anything they want if they put their backs into it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ At the present stage ’ , even the projection of conventional military power ‘ in distant regions ’ may fall below the threshold of war . |
| 6 | All of these are still very cumbersome to use at the present stage of development but there is no doubt that they will improve . |
| 7 | My own experience has led me to the conclusion that at the present stage of development of comprehensive education , a purely individual-based approach to support teaching is likely to prove counterproductive for a combination of three reasons : |
| 8 | Secondly , because to try the Barclays ( Asia ) and West L.B. charges at the present stage would do inevitable damage to the defence of the applicant when the very grave charges relating to B.M.F.L. come to be heard . |
| 9 | As explained , this is C.N.L. 's only hope of acquiring these documents at the present stage . |
| 10 | As some hon. Members may know , I have some interest in that subject , and I hope that I shall be able to have an Adjournment debate in which to discuss the process by which we arrived at the present stage of the project . |
| 11 | The communiqué , dated May 27 , reiterated Pyongyang 's past efforts to avoid formalizing a " permanent split " of the Korean peninsula through dual membership , but concluded that " we have no alternative but to enter the UN at the present stage as a step to tide over such temporary difficulties created by the South Korean authorities " . |
| 12 | to say that in fairness to them , so what we would respectfully submit is that your Lordship having assessed the damages and erm , together with interest other than court of protection costs that the figure which we had mentioned and , and adjourn the matter for consideration of a structured settlement erm and that 's the first figure erm , that , the , the second thing , is that there is money in court er we would ask for a direction of the balance of the money , the balance over and above the money in court which is an extra three hundred and six thousand , three hundred and forty pounds at the present stage be brought into court within a reasonable time which we would note is fourteen days , maybe the defendant would ask longer , we have n't discussed it . |