Example sentences of "began [prep] be [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the second half of the decade , however , this perception began to be challenged by commentary that pointed out controlled , intellectual qualities in her work and , thus , described it using terms traditionally applied to the art of men . |
| 2 | Hall also describes the conservatism of collectors in American ( for example , the enthusiasm for late Rembrandt before World War I ) which was catered to by the leading dealers , many of whom , including Colnaghi 's , began to lag behind the more advanced taste for the Baroque that began to be expressed by museum curators . |
| 3 | In the richer agricultural regions the dues owed to the Grand Prince , or to lay and ecclesiastical landowners , gradually began to be converted from payment in kind to money rents . |
| 4 | When I began to be seen around camp with a new face , I was subjected to a lot of nudging and winking from those who did n't know the facts , and people came up to me with knowing smiles on their faces , saying , ‘ I see you 've got a new boyfriend ! |
| 5 | ‘ In time , the pretty , biddable girl began to be sought in marriage . |
| 6 | Certain social groups began to be regarded as consumer target populations . |
| 7 | At that period policies of housing redevelopment began to be replaced by rehabilitation , in recognition of the fact that redevelopment often destroyed thriving communities and the people decanted into new housing estates commonly felt isolated and unable to develop a sense of community in their new neighbourhoods . |
| 8 | Until silver objects from archaeological sites have been subjected to more systematic metallurgical analysis one can hardly be sure when and where the metal began to be extracted from galena ores . |
| 9 | With this increasingly active role which Highlander was playing in the civil rights movement , it was only a matter of time until the reactionary extremism , which the blacks had long been fighting against , began to be directed at Highlander itself . |
| 10 | Plans to merge the two began to be put into effect last year and were completed at the end of February . |
| 11 | Once the Conservatives came to power in 1979 the unrest began to be translated into policy form . |
| 12 | Jam , chocolate , and biscuits began to be produced under factory conditions and shipped out by rail , thus introducing household names in food-production like Huntley and Palmer at Reading and Cadbury at Bournville . |