1.   A mollusc past the initial stages of growth increases in size without significantly changing the orientation and relative proportions of its organs.

2.   But even that cannon had to go through an initial stage of trial and error.

3.   I was only involved in the initial stages of the planning.

4.   In the initial stages the puppy is likely to pull on the leash by trying to rush ahead.

5.   It really should be attractive in the initial stages.

6.   The first two categories represent the initial stages of involvement in learning to be a nurse.

7.   The following section will demonstrate how the drug careers of the interviewees developed following this initial stage.

8.   The initial stages of the disease are difficult to recognize.

9.   The initial stages of training are not exactly kind but there is no other way of breaking a fully grown elephant.