Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] at [adj] stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He may have considered the possibility of selling at some stage in the past , ’ she conceded reluctantly . |
| 2 | Its membership consisted of Brooke ( still Minister of Housing at that stage ) ; Iain Macleod , the Colonial Secretary ; and John Hare , Minister of Labour . |
| 3 | France was neither oblivious of nor indifferent to the outcome of the war which she was fighting and for which , as the US kept saying , she was primarily responsible ; but to have had a chance of winning at that stage it would probably have had to be a French rather than a Vietnamese war . |
| 4 | We exemplify this using the same matrix A as above ; also , we adopt the device of reducing at each stage a homologous element ( in this case the bottom element ) to unity , beginning with co = e4 . |
| 5 | While it is undoubtedly true that there are advantageous settlements negotiated at the door of the Court , the actual cost to the defender in settling at that stage is significant insofar as in the majority of cases it is the defender who will have to meet the whole cost of preparation for the Proof by both parties , including attendance of witnesses , Counsel 's fees and so forth . |
| 6 | The reader may be forgiven for thinking at this stage that , given the weaknesses in much project work , the solution would be to abandon it altogether . |
| 7 | Scarcely worth mentioning at this stage is a rather pointless and uninformative letter sent to Sir Daniel Fleming by Will Kirkland on the 22 May 1692 . |
| 8 | Of course , Miss Kenton can not hope by returning at this stage ever to retrieve those lost years , and it will be my first duty to impress this upon her when we meet . |
| 9 | He raised the stakes by threatening at one stage to call an election if he lost . |