You will therefore have less time to spend with the puppy during this crucial early settling-in phase.

It will be in this crucial phase that we shall not be able to do without assistance from the most developed countries.

I have endured a phase of my adulthood, a crucial phase.

Picking a jury is the most crucial phase in many criminal cases.

Soybeans are several weeks away from their most crucial phase.

Everything possible must be done to make a success of this crucial phase in both practical and human terms.

I would like to say that in relation to Iraq we have today entered the crucial phase.

In Somalia, the peace process is in a crucial phase.

Even during a crucial phase of a match, he was likely to do something bizarre that would entertain the crowd.

He was ready with his first report, and he told the crucial phase as it had happened.