Example sentences of "this stage the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this stage the State Department was contemplating a neutral high commissioner , possibly Dutch or Swiss , supported by an advisory council including representatives of the trusteeship powers . |
| 2 | At this stage the company was still defending the use of cyanide . |
| 3 | At this stage the bill was not printed but the sponsors explained why they felt legislation was necessary and the lines on which they were planning to draft the measure . |
| 4 | When Julie made it to her mother 's house in Northumberland Street , Toxteth , they called the police , but by this stage the gang had made their escape . |
| 5 | New investment and realisation activity was muted in the first half-year , with the trust investing £2.1 million in the unlisted sector , compared to £3.8 million at this stage the year before . |
| 6 | By this stage the sap in the vine will have withdrawn into the roots . |
| 7 | At this stage the emphasis is on tests . |
| 8 | At this stage the male will show the same aggressive tendencies that go with most of the bubble-nesting anabantoids . |
| 9 | At this stage the EMF would play no role in setting interest rates . |
| 10 | Warwick 's chief stewardship in the duchy of Lancaster went not to Gloucester but to Hastings and the implication seems to be that at this stage the king was more concerned to reward his allies than to undertake a major reconstruction of royal authority in the north . |
| 11 | Warwick 's chief stewardship in the duchy of Lancaster went not to Gloucester but to Hastings and the implication seems to be that at this stage the king was more concerned to reward his allies than to undertake a major reconstruction of royal authority in the north . |
| 12 | At this stage the society acknowledged they would have to undertake any work themselves . |
| 13 | At this stage the rootstock will be about ten inches in length and the scion somewhere between one and three inches depending on the specific method employed . |
| 14 | Indeed , the name " pupa " derives from a Latin word meaning a doll , for at this stage the insect within seems to be wrapped in swaddling clothes . |
| 15 | At this stage the act of shopping itself may depend on a very primitive and haphazard rate of exchange , possibly one-to-one . |
| 16 | At this stage the marc is like a solid cake which needs an instrument called a bêche plate to sever the mass into chunks which can then be forked into the centre of the maie . |
| 17 | Immediately after this stage the ridge was breached , the most important break being near Fairlight . |
| 18 | At this stage the selector should note down as much information as possible against each title , including the reason it was marked as a possible purchase — because recommended in a select bibliography , for instance , or as a replacement for a much-used copy on the shelves — and perhaps some form of starring system to identify titles thought to be outstanding of their kind . |
| 19 | Thus at this stage the customer 's needs are being set against the cost of materials and labour , the manufacturing capacity of the production department , and issues such as quality levels . |
| 20 | By this stage the Committee for Science and Technology had twelve subject boards , and was approving courses in new subject and interdisciplinary areas , many described as of ‘ considerable industrial importance ’ — including for the first time instrumentation and control engineering , and computer systems engineering . |
| 21 | With the latter , three different exposures were used , since at this stage the existence of exposure cut-offs was known , but the effect had not been fully worked out . |
| 22 | At this stage the sore is raw , open and weeping . |
| 23 | By this stage the universe was a warm ball of gas , about half as hot as the surface of the sun . |
| 24 | Thank you for being there , for at this stage the Marshal was powerless to help him . |
| 25 | But at this stage the problem for research has not been defined at anything more than a very general level . |
| 26 | Few imagined at this stage the scale and speed of the German victories which overwhelmed western Europe in the spring and early summer , culminating in such a comprehensive defeat of the old enemy , the French , in June , and prompting the toadying Field Marshal Keitel to declare that Hitler 's strategic brilliance in preparing the campaign made him ‘ the greatest military commander of all time ’ . |
| 27 | At this stage the fill colour is yellow but it can easily be changed . |
| 28 | By this stage the quest was no longer simply one of producing helium but also of liberating energy . |
| 29 | Hopefully by this stage the counsellee will be sure of the counsellor 's genuineness . |
| 30 | Even the more Puritan gentry found it hard to bring themselves to prosecute their neighbours and relatives , for at this stage the sense of solidarity among the gentry was usually greater than their religious differences . |