Example sentences of "[adv] at the beginning " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or , even better at the beginning ! |
| 2 | Since we also hope that this account may be of interest to those who do not know the area , it includes , especially at the beginning , some historical and other background information about Lewis and Harris , in the wider contexts of the Western Isles as a whole and of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
| 3 | Complaints follow errors in the diet especially at the beginning of a warm spell after cold weather . |
| 4 | Thus , you may need to introduce your pupils to common variants — especially at the beginning of words : Choice becomes more complex once we consider vowels : the sound of the diphthong a can be symbolised in several different ways ( see also pages 32–3 ) : ay ( day ) ; a-e ( make ) ; ai ( wait ) , au ( gauge ) ; ei ( neighbour ) ; ey ( they ) . |
| 5 | No one denies that it 's difficult to diet , especially at the beginning . |
| 6 | Especially at the beginning of the game . |
| 7 | Of course , in England we were used to er especially at the beginning of the war , we had tea in the afternoon of course , and er when we got there it was dinner at night , with you know , meat and vegetables every night , that sort of thing , so it was quite a surprise . |
| 8 | By the time the two week World Film Festival winds down at the beginning of September most of the cinephiles standing in the long queues at the box office have no idea what they 're waiting for ; they 'll watch anything that moves . |
| 9 | If you follow the principles laid down at the beginning of this feature then you should have no problem . |
| 10 | That proof showed that general relativity is only an incomplete theory : it can not tell us how the universe started off , because it predicts that all physical theories , including itself , break down at the beginning of the universe . |
| 11 | It can be dangerous to over-exert yourself greatly at the beginning of your fitness programme . |
| 12 | The reason we know it 's not it was nineteen sixteen er that had been killed was that he was home obviously at the beginning of the war he went off and then someone named left a house well left they died and the proceeds of the house were left to Mrs Miss 's grandmother . |
| 13 | Tawney , on the occasion of the celebrations of the District 's twenty-first anniversary in June 1934 , perceptively recognised that the District ‘ … was only at the beginning of their task … ’ but was perhaps a little wide of the mark in claiming that the ‘ … |
| 14 | We are only at the beginning of a change which became more conspicuous later . |
| 15 | Under the Bush administration , State Department officials met the delegates only at the beginning and end of each round . |
| 16 | Daiwa suspected that something was amiss only at the beginning of this year , when it uncovered evidence that attempts had been made to forge security depositary receipts . |
| 17 | The first English cookery book recipes for tomatoes appear only at the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 18 | Some of these materials will be used for periods of presentation and exposition , not only at the beginning but at helpful points during the programme . |
| 19 | Andropov set out his general approach to such matters in a speech in the spring of 1983 in which he emphasised that the Soviet Union was ‘ only at the beginning ’ of the long historical stage of developed socialism ; there must be no exaggeration of the country 's closeness to communism , and no attempt to minimise the difficulties that lay ahead Discussing the party programme more directly , Andropov told the Central Committee in June 1983 that many of its directives had in fact been realised : links between citizens and deputies , for instance , had become closer , and national discussion of major items of legislation had become a well-established practice . |
| 20 | It should be remembered that we are only at the beginning and there are many varying factors yet to be confronted ; how much energy is used when recycling paper compared to using new stock ? |
| 21 | We tend to look only at the beginning and end of a decision . |
| 22 | It is very easy to concentrate on the intonation only at the beginning , and then get slack and start imposing your mother tongue intonation on the new language . |
| 23 | ‘ As yet , ’ said the Inspector imperturbably , ‘ we 're only at the beginning of our enquiries . |
| 24 | Finally , we realise that we are only at the beginning of what may prove to be one of the most significant developments of the twentieth century . |
| 25 | It was only at the beginning of July that she was again taken ill . |
| 26 | So at the beginning of 1846 , 10 years after his apprenticeship had finished and then aged 31 , Benjamin Titford was still a bachelor — but only just . |
| 27 | It was a valuable office in the early eighteenth century , and it was still so at the beginning of the next century . |
| 28 | In the 690s Aethelred granted land in Hwiccian territory to Oftfor , bishop of Worcester , seemingly without reference to any local prince ( CS 76 : S 76 ; CS 75 : S 77 ) ; Aethelbald was certainly doing so at the beginning of his reign in 716–7 ( CS 137 : S 102 ) . |
| 29 | Just as there was a great outpouring of the Spirit at the coming of the Messiah — prophecy , divine begetting , voice from heaven , baptism and so forth ; so at the beginning of the age of the Church 's witness-bearing to Jesus we find a similar intensive manifestation of the Spirit . |
| 30 | My apologies for not saying so at the beginning . |