Example sentences of "[noun] be the [num ord] stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making up her mind is the first stage as this gives her a clear aim and plan . |
| 2 | Stagnation is the first stage of decay . |
| 3 | ‘ In March a Policy Directions Paper was accepted by the Council.This was the second stage in the process leading to production of the Plan , linking an earlier Issues and Context Report and the draft Plan . ’ |
| 4 | Announcing the package in parliament , Keating said that the spending programme was the first stage of a four-year " strategy for growth " which would produce an average GDP growth of 4 per cent , cutting unemployment from the current post-war high of 10.3 per cent to 7.75 per cent through the creation of 800,000 jobs . |
| 5 | This separation from the mainstream arts community is the first stage towards true integration . |
| 6 | Many MPs believe yesterday 's announcement is the first stage in the process towards Prince Charles renouncing his chances of the throne . |
| 7 | Learning to pass urine in the correct place is the next stage of awareness and learning . |
| 8 | Applying the power to the sail is the next stage and a useful analogy here is that of closing a door . |
| 9 | Seeing these fish grow larger and exhibit adult colouration is the next stage of enjoyment . |
| 10 | Collection of ground control point coordinates is the first stage in the geometric correction of an image ( see text for discussion ) . |
| 11 | Building up a good head of the correct aerobic ( air using ) bacteria on the surface of your filter media is the first stage of good biological filtration . |
| 12 | This new exhibition area is the first stage of the Nuovi Uffizi complex , which has been subject to delays even though the funds have long been available . |
| 13 | The Rockwell Nature Conservation Area is the first stage in the scheme and is already home to 60 different types of birds . |
| 14 | Invention is the first stage in the process of technological innovation . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The imposition on Korea of an unequal treaty was the first stage in a sustained attempt by Japan to secure dominant influence in the peninsula . |
| 17 | The construction of the course is the first stage in the £5.18 million project . |
| 18 | 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 " . |
| 19 | The sequence of modern physiotherapy treatment normally follows a pattern : the patient has to recover his ability to balance first and foremost ; then he has to recover his ability to transfer his weight from side to side ; standing balance is the next stage , accompanied by the ability to sit down from standing up , and to stand up from sitting ; selective movements using the affected arm and leg come next ; then he learns to make steps , followed by walking ; function in the upper limb ( arm ) and controlling it in order to make selective movements against gravity happens at a late stage ; the final rehabilitation task is to regain functional , detailed movements in the affected hand and foot . |
| 20 | The 16-cell stage is the first stage at which two cellular phenotypes ( polar and apolar ) can be distinguished ( discussed in Section 4.1 ) . |
| 21 | Newspapers speculate that the 1lb of TNT that went off 25 minutes before the general arrived in his office was the next stage of this campaign . |