1.   At that late stage they abandoned a kick-and-chase policy and began moving the ball.

2.   At this late stage in the competition there is no margin for error.

3.   Even at this late stage, the choice he has made can be reversed.

4.   He has claimed success with every kind of tumour that he has treated - including lung cancer at a late stage.

5.   It is almost impossible to amend the bill and remove the provision at this late stage, lawmakers say.

6.   It is currently undergoing late stage human testing.

7.   Several theories of planetary formation include the possibility of disturbance to axial spins during the late stages of formation of a planet.

8.   The Novelist Ann Lamott tells a story about going shopping with a friend who was in the late stages of terminal cancer.

9.   This had always been the fall-back position, but at this late stage in the argument it cut no ice.