Example sentences of "at an [adj] [noun sg] [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 I see nothing wrong in competition at an early age because it prepares you for later life when everyone has to face it .
2 If his remarkable strategic instinct convinced him at an early stage that it would be necessary to negotiate with the FLN , his obvious repugnance at the process caused major problems .
3 Adjustment can then be made at an early stage before it is too late .
4 A leopardess heavy with young is at an obvious disadvantage when it comes to hunting , so nature compensates for this by making her pregnancy a short one of 90–105 days .
5 He has been stonewalling throughout the whole month since Lamb told the world , through the Daily Mirror , how the Pakistanis scuff and scrape and scoop at an old ball until it swings as though it was factory fresh .
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