Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] [prep] this stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to be cynical at this stage , but years of experience that show that the health authority has no intention of doing that . |
| 2 | I have already indicated why I consider these rates not to be appropriate at this stage . |
| 3 | However , the specialist team is distinguished by a particular approach , featuring high throughput of cases , and it has to be uncertain at this stage whether this is a consequence of its specialism or of an underlying distinction in the conception of social work that it may represent — what we have called a ‘ deep ’ structure . |
| 4 | Spokesman Andrew Davis said : ‘ We believe freak weather conditions may have caused an inversion , but it is difficult to be certain at this stage . |
| 5 | The evidence in favour of dietary fibre as a preventative measure in heart disease is not strong enough to be conclusive at this stage , but is certainly strong enough to be thought-provoking . |
| 6 | The summer 's sprawl begins to be oppressive at this stage in the year and trigger fingers are itching to snip back overgrown mallows , clear out the mildewing foliage of golden rod and reduce the overpowering bulk of bullyboy ground cover . |
| 7 | Use in a field setting would certainly be desirable , but was not felt to be realistic at this stage because of the difficulties posed by the light , wind , rain etc . |
| 8 | Since neither its eyes nor its ears are sufficiently developed to be functional at this stage , it probably finds its way to the pouch by smell . |