Example sentences of "are [adv] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of this , proposals for the northern part of the Section are only at a preliminary stage , and are therefore not included in this leaflet . |
| 2 | This to-one-side posture of novelist and novel explains how it is that Raskolnikov and Marmeladov are pointedly at a loose end while Crime and Punishment is anything but pointedly sociological . |
| 3 | They are ongoing in that they are still at an early stage and in that the process of applying them right across the whole of the NHS will take several years-probably up to the end of the century . |
| 4 | Microtus makes her nest underground in a burrow , so she can safely bring her young into the world when they are still at an early stage of their development , and then within a few hours , start on the business of producing the next litter . |
| 5 | Neural networks offer another possibility for use in identification , but they are still at an early stage of development . |
| 6 | For instance , the small diameter flexible cholecystoscopes are still at an early stage of development giving limited vewsof the gall bladder , and require experience to manipulate and perform direct contact lithotripsy . |
| 7 | Negotiations on these matters are still at an early stage , and involve unions in areas beyond their traditional expertise . |
| 8 | are still at an incompetent stage , they still are unable to carry out the job . |
| 9 | Resentment has not built up and feelings are typically at a low level of distress . |
| 10 | It concludes by suggesting that the reforms are now at a critical stage but there are ways forward which could take us further on the road to Health for All , if we are prepared to take them . |
| 11 | He did not mention the point missed by the hon. Member for Dewsbury , that disconnections are now at a low level . |
| 12 | Five months into the project , we are now at a manageable level and tonight we arrange to open a further six fields over the next week . |
| 13 | During this period , researchers who have obtained their degrees abroad can not be candidates for these posts and are therefore at an enormous disadvantage in relation to homegrown researchers . |
| 14 | This is not the place for a detailed critique of REPLAN , but elements within it ( such as the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education ( NIACE ) local development project ) are currently at a crucial stage . |
| 15 | ‘ We are certainly at an advanced stage of negotiations , ’ admitted Mr. Riley , who is Chief Mechanical Engineer with the ELR . |