Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] at this stage " in BNC.
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1 | The required options for a full investigation were seen at this stage to be as in the following list : — |
2 | As originally planned , MOPP was discontinued at this stage ; even assuming that tumour was still present , a further reduction of its volume as a result of more than eight cycles was considered unlikely . |
3 | Moscow was said at this stage to have been somewhat sluggish over the provision of spares and replacement items . |
4 | Although no firm progress was made at this stage much of the evidence is of interest as it deals with the environmental and development pressures resulting from such a link . |
5 | No filtration was used at this stage . |
6 | No white was used at this stage — only the white reflecting from the ground |
7 | It was found at this stage that the testbed had insufficient memory for more sophisticated processing and , since the simple improver did not significantly better the correlation ( though it certainly tidied up the displayed picture ) , this line of investigation was abandoned . |
8 | Its opposition was overruled at this stage however by a majority of the Member States , who agreed to start work on EMU and Political Union in two parallel inter-governmental conferences , which opened at Rome in December 1990 . |
9 | Furthermore , though the application of such measures to major roads was rejected at this stage , the studies concluded that ‘ in the long term , traffic restraint concepts together with appropriate land use and general transport planning concepts can effect reductions in vehicular traffic in the city as a whole ’ . |