Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [art] earlier stage " in BNC.

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1 I have a streak of economy in me , even when contemplating how to épater les bourgeois , and recipes that make their sauce out of a stock made at an earlier stage tend to appeal most .
2 As he knows , the decision made at an earlier stage not to complete the slip road was considered to be ludicrous .
3 In SPAR , however , reference resolution is able to overturn any preferences applied at an earlier stage .
4 The select committees , in contrast , were to be investigating bodies where policy issues were not of first importance , the principal task being to find out what was happening inside the various government departments , to inform the House and the public , thus bringing public opinion to bear at an earlier stage while policy was still relatively fluid .
5 Tax paid at an earlier stage is deducted to produce the net tax due at each stage .
6 The epithets " naughty " and " dirty " arise , perhaps reinforcing terms used at an earlier stage as regards the eliminatory functions or inadvertent sexual display .
7 Others intercede at an earlier stage , working along the routes that the municipal trucks take .
8 The other safeguard arises at an earlier stage of the proceedings , and provides an additional protection for persons who are abroad and not able to be served with proceedings in this country in the usual way .
9 However , it has been argued that certain clauses operate at an earlier stage so as to define and restrict the extent of the contractual obligation undertaken and so prevent there being any breach of contract .
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