Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] at an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Firstly , mid-classes are groups of phonemes which are easily confused at an acoustic-phonetic stage of processing : thus and are grouped into one mid-class , since [ m ] and [ n ] are are often nearly identical from an acoustic point of view .
2 Both forms of development are already evident at an evolutionary stage , and there , as in later more consciously social development , the analytically separable processes are usually in practice inextricable .
3 In much of the writing on the dependent elderly , the assumption has been made that retirement has become more common at an earlier age because of a reduction in the demand for elderly workers .
4 The poetic function is also apparent at an early stage : when young children latch on to a phrase and repeat it endlessly , without conveying any information .
5 Problems of sexual intercourse are as interactive at an unconscious level as some of a couple 's intercourse out of bed .
6 With further product ranges in clothing and accessories as well as knitwear , this wider branded collection is now available at an increasing number of company-owned retail stores , dedicated retail outlets and concessions established with business partners throughout the world .
7 What is essential , Max says , is that children become musically literate at an early age ; learning some sort of instrument , to sing , and , most importantly to listen .
8 In some cases ( as with the barnacles ) forms whose adult structure seemed quite unrelated could be shown to have shared a common ancestry because their embryos were very similar at an early stage .
9 It can be seen that the law of confidence is very useful at an early stage when ideas are being formulated and discussed .
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