Sentence examples for phase- from inspiring English sources

The term "nervous" is on every rider and manager's lips when asked to describe the demands of the early phase of the race, but what they mean is more complex than a few shivers of anticipation at the prospect of a tricky bit of road or two.

"In connection with the completion of the routine springtime training phase for troops that involved their deployment to training grounds in the Rostov, Belgorod and Bryansk regions, among others, the president of Russia gave the command to the defence minister to return the troops taking part in the exercises to their home bases," the Kremlin said.

This year, the nuclear negotiations in the Swiss city of Lausanne, which are entering a critical phase ahead of a major deadline, are being debated over dried fruits, pistachio nuts and watermelon seeds.

"We are committed for the first phase," he says.

ITV's head of sport, Niall Sloane, said he was satisfied with its picks: "We have two England games, two Brazil games and two Argentina games in that first phase".

His three goals were not enough to carry Russia out of the group phase but a big career and a big move seemed inevitable.

I was going to go through this phase and stick with it, keep sticking with it," said Woods, who has won the competition five times.

"My personal theory is that they do want to phase it out, but they don't want us to get any credit for it.

As recently as last year, lawmakers asked the Pentagon to phase JIEDDO out of existence entirely.

We are in that phase of the fight now in Perth.

The three presidents, who have put their prestige alongside Mr Kabila's in the new phase of Congo's struggle for democracy, now find themselves in company where commercial interests are the only factor.