Example sentences of "be the [num ord] stage in " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're the last stage in |
| 2 | The London Cocoa Trade Amazon Project , as my collecting programme had been christened , was to be the first stage in a rescue operation . |
| 3 | Yet such a solution would appear to be the last stage in the process of experimentation/disguise previously discussed . |
| 4 | No index is shown here , but this would be the last stage in the compilation of the scheme ; besides attempting to classify some items by the scheme , the index serves to check the scheme 's likely effectiveness . |
| 5 | As to the question of where the resources should come from , avoiding the easy ( albeit probably correct ) let-out of ‘ abolish capitalism ’ , I would say simply that the transfer of money to unpaid workers ought to be the next stage in the redistribution of wealth , taking precedence over ‘ breadwinners ’ pay claims , tax-cuts or ‘ family ’ benefit increases . |
| 6 | Many MPs believe yesterday 's announcement is the first stage in the process towards Prince Charles renouncing his chances of the throne . |
| 7 | Invention is the first stage in the process of technological innovation . |
| 8 | Collection of ground control point coordinates is the first stage in the geometric correction of an image ( see text for discussion ) . |
| 9 | Whether this is the first stage in a phenotypic response of immature hepatocytes to cholestasis remains speculative . |
| 10 | Many critics suspect it is the first stage in the construction of the repository itself , a highly controversial project . |
| 11 | The Rockwell Nature Conservation Area is the first stage in the scheme and is already home to 60 different types of birds . |
| 12 | The construction of the course is the first stage in the £5.18 million project . |
| 13 | This is the second stage in a band 's life , when they first receive income . |
| 14 | This is the third stage in promoting the subject . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 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 aluminium sulphate was added to the ‘ contact tank ’ , a bad place because it was the last stage in the treatment process before the water left for the town . |