Example sentences of "be the [num ord] stage of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UARS is the first stage of Nasa 's Mission to Planet Earth , a 15-year global research programme aimed at studying the Earth " as a complete environmental system " . |
| 2 | Stagnation is the first stage of decay . |
| 3 | This is the second stage of work on the innovation problems of small high technology firms and their subsequent varying impact on regional economies . |
| 4 | This , she says , is the last stage of achievement of a lesson , beginning with the preparation and introduction of the lesson , through the stages of presentation , repetition and summary . |
| 5 | Learning to pass urine in the correct place is the next stage of awareness and learning . |
| 6 | Seeing these fish grow larger and exhibit adult colouration is the next stage of enjoyment . |
| 7 | On the other hand , under-exposure causes problems which will be apparent when you come to develop the exposed board , which is the next stage of processing . |
| 8 | Extracting this sort of consolation prize from the Bourbon candidate was the first stage of Britain 's advance into the Mediterranean , which in the nineteenth century was followed by a series of acquisitions which led to control of the route to the east . |