Example sentences of "began [prep] [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The contempt proceedings began in 1987 when the Attorney-General , Sir Patrick Mayhew , alleged that the newspapers ' conduct in publishing material from Spycatcher , the memoirs of former MI5 officer Peter Wright , was intended , or was likely to , thwart the publication ban obtained by the Government in July 1986 against the Guardian and the Observer .
2 It began in 1756 when a fellow of the Royal Society called James Dodson had a problem .
3 It began in 1976 when a team of three educationists was appointed .
4 The saga began in 1985 when a report by the Property Services Agency ( which maintains Crown property ) highlighted the serious corrosion of the spire .
5 They are the latest development in an initiative which began in 1975 when a group of industry representatives launched the Site Management Education and Training Scheme .
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