"Our door will continue to be open, but we are now at a critical stage in the appropriations process."

He has done that at critical stages in series past.

During September 2008, the crisis hit its most critical stage.

After going 0 for 4 last night, the Rangers' power play has reached a critical stage.

Now, after 16 months of negotiations, the issue is at a critical stage.

And at the moment when he came to that conclusion, a critical stage was reached.

Two years later, the club was reported to be entering the most critical stage in its history.

Hopefully we can make the future, even at this critical stage, a better one.

At the present rate, it will reach a critical stage in less than a minute.

So throughout man's life, he is dependent on woman and every critical stage.

It was almost time to begin the mission's most critical phase.

"Iraq is experiencing a critical phase now during which it needs cooperation."

In some people, the disease goes into a critical phase after the high fever is gone.

Russia is going through a critical phase which will determine its political future.

But he knew the war was entering a critical phase.

The plan was at a critical phase, and he wasn't leaving anything to chance.

But if they're not here as we approach the critical phase, things could get a little sticky when the work piles up.

The Government has entered a critical phase in its privatization program.

The present development of the disease is clearly passing through a critical phase.

Now the country has entered a hopeful, though critical, phase.

The school had a new building for the key stage 1 children which was open in late 2003 to replace a 50-year old block.

The primary school league tables are out for key stage 2.

The key stage two test results are published today but what do they tell us about children's abilities?

Every child is expected to get a "level four" in the key stage two tests at the end of primary school.

This should all be taught at key stage 3 anyway.

At the end of key stage 4 the response should be in written form only.

Would you not be indicating end of key stage three somehow?

Each site is the main area for a certain key stage.

The 26-year-old has so far not lost time in any of the key stages.

Is this for the key stage three what we're doing?