Example sentences of "[noun] be the first 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | This separation from the mainstream arts community is the first stage towards true integration . |
| 5 | Many MPs believe yesterday 's announcement is the first stage in the process towards Prince Charles renouncing his chances of the throne . |
| 6 | Collection of ground control point coordinates is the first stage in the geometric correction of an image ( see text for discussion ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Rockwell Nature Conservation Area is the first stage in the scheme and is already home to 60 different types of birds . |
| 10 | Invention is the first stage in the process of technological innovation . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The construction of the course is the first stage in the £5.18 million project . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | The 16-cell stage is the first stage at which two cellular phenotypes ( polar and apolar ) can be distinguished ( discussed in Section 4.1 ) . |