Example sentences of "it be [prep] [adj] stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have I hell ah going through the diary now , it 's at that stage , enjoy it ? |
| 2 | It 's at this stage that the work is most interesting and most difficult . |
| 3 | It 's at this stage that one or other of the partners may start to get an eye so roving as to become a nose and take up with the first cloth-eared bimbo who gazes up or down and says , ‘ I ca n't believe you 're over forty — that 's sooo sexy . ’ |
| 4 | It 's at this stage that mercury comes into the picture . |
| 5 | It is at that stage in the design process that he has the greatest opportunity to explore , and the least number of constraints . |
| 6 | It is at this stage of the hob that the one-man band plays the best music . |
| 7 | It is at this stage that we can perhaps be of most use by pointing out that that is mostly what grief is about . |
| 8 | It is at this stage that the exposure should be covered and exporters should not wait until the goods are being shipped . |
| 9 | It is at this stage in the history of the unit that its existence starts to register gradually in official records for the first time . |
| 10 | Again , in discussing punctuated equilibria ( much or the initial impact of which depended on the assertion that Darwin had got things wrong ) it is not until after several pages that we are told ‘ It is at this stage entertaining to realise ’ that Darwin ‘ anticipated the present debate ’ . |
| 11 | It is at this stage that a couple sometimes decide to change to separate beds or even separate rooms . |
| 12 | It is at this stage , with a primary definition of ‘ goodness ’ established , that the relationship between ‘ goodness ’ and the concept of the Created God can now be considered , so that the full contribution to the definition of that God which can be attributed to the Second Period , can be evaluated . |
| 13 | It is at this stage of our discussion that a little physics comes in useful . |
| 14 | It is at this stage that the specific aspect of the Sonnets which I wish to explore begins to emerge . |
| 15 | It is at this stage that suddenly the chorus of advice dies away and the armies of theoreticians depart . |
| 16 | It is at this stage that parents begin to exercise authority over the child in terms of where and when he or she may defecate and urinate . |
| 17 | It is at this stage Ministers must make their distinctive contribution . |
| 18 | Late morulae are generally regarded as 16- to 32-cell embryos which have not cavitated and it is at this stage ( -84 h post-hCG ) that they pass through the uterotubal junction from the oviduct into the uterus . |
| 19 | The Copenhagen school therefore says that it is at this stage that results get fixed and knowledge is established . |
| 20 | It is at this stage that a major computer study may be undertaken into the integrity of the proposed design , in terms of function , strength , economics , etc . |
| 21 | It is at this stage that the various approaches — use of quality adjusted life years , lotteries , sanctity of life — may be useful , but in discussing them the authors raise a series of straw men . |
| 22 | It is at this stage that the mobilisation of participants for action begins . |
| 23 | It is at this stage that a useful picture of the market should emerge , that picture being appropriate to the particular requirements of the marketing objective established in ( a ) above . |
| 24 | It is at this stage that the justification for neglecting harmonics of phase current becomes apparent . |
| 25 | It is at this stage that , if appropriate , consultation should be held with |
| 26 | It is at this stage that it is possible to sympathise with Blanche the most . |
| 27 | It is at this stage , that the food service designer should be appointed and be able to work with the architect from the inception of the building . |
| 28 | It is at this stage that the contract is carefully examined , perhaps for the first time , and the company obtaining the software realizes , too late , that as far as it is concerned , the contract is little more than worthless and does not provide adequately for the situation . |
| 29 | The datafile is able to deal with up to four hundred records at any one time and it is at this stage that the school librarian has to decide on the number of data disks which will be needed . |
| 30 | ‘ It is at this stage very much a statement of intent . ’ |