Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If the universe is destined to go on expanding forever , the temperature of the microwave radiation will eventually decrease to less than that of such a black hole , which will then begin to lose mass .
2 You will be delighted at how quickly you will begin to lose weight and inches and how different from previous diets this one proves to be .
3 Most important of all , are you able to accept each other as equal , mature individuals , or has the parent/child relationship never been outgrown , so that one of you may feel the need to dominate , and the other will begin to lose confidence ?
4 Although there was still no sign of the Central Committee meeting on the national question , the autumn of 1988 and early months of 1989 saw some elements of a rather different nationalities policy begin to acquire form .
5 Pursuing the line , he watched Cullam 's big beefy face begin to lose colour .
6 ‘ She gives new insights , new ways of looking at things … she helped me begin to see pain as gift and grace . ’
7 Without social interaction we begin to see life 's problems out of proportion .
8 Candidates can also choose to take a course and , at the same time , begin to gather evidence of competence for assessment .
9 Do you believe that the study of German art could begin to attract art historians abroad ?
10 It is not improbable that men worth £1 or less did not begin to attract attention until the later stages of the subsidy bill , as a result of the Commons ' determination to shift the burden of taxation downwards , for if the intention was to rope in labourers and servants as a makeweight , it could not have been seriously supposed that any substantial amount could be wrung from them .
11 Parents working at all levels in businesses can begin to establish empathy with the school work of their children and contribute to it in the workplace , or the school or at home .
12 However , if the fish begin to suffer damage to the scales , which could result in an outbreak of fungus , I would advise you to remove the Plec .
13 When the hinds and farmers begin to demand reform of the bondager system , the insecurity of the bondagers ' lives is brought into sharp focus .
14 However , their positions are threatened and the impermanence and insecurity of their lives suddenly revealed when the ‘ hinds ’ and farmers begin to demand reform of the bondager system .
15 However , when the hinds and farmers begin to demand reform of the bondager system , the impermanence and insecurity of the bondagers ' lives is brought into sharp focus .
16 When , then , do children begin to observe Conventionality and Contrast ?
17 Any Government who are seriously concerned about dealing with the escalating crime rate must begin to tackle crime at its roots .
18 You should therefore write the figure ( i ) at the very beginning of your answer , and begin to tackle problem ( i ) .
19 Surely if someone says ‘ The earth is flat ’ that does not even begin to cause a belief to that effect in me , nor does someone saying ‘ Cruelty is a good thing ’ even begin to cause approval of cruelty in me .
20 Sometimes we so devalue a physical approach to the world that we begin to devalue action itself .
21 In a demanding situation , as thus defined , people inevitably begin to experience overload and to feel under pressure .
22 Probably the most effective means is to find a task which is sufficiently simple that the patient can carry it out and thereby begin to experience success .
23 If all were re-appointed , in a replay of 1964 , the claim that franchises were ‘ competitive ’ would begin to look hollow , and would simply confirm the Pilkington Committee 's judgement that to all intents ‘ the appointment of a programme contractor is virtually irrevocable ’ ( Pilkington , 1962 , p. 165 ) .
24 ‘ However , ’ Benjamin stared at Rachel , his face betraying his hurt at being used by her , ‘ only after examining the Templar chapel following Damien 's death did I really begin to suspect Mistress Rachel .
25 Soon it would begin to grow dark , and she had n't seen to the house yet .
26 When the children begin to perceive drama as part of the curriculum and not as something separate they value it more highly .
27 Without glasses she could n't even begin to play lawn tennis or aim a rifle .
28 It is at this stage that parents begin to exercise authority over the child in terms of where and when he or she may defecate and urinate .
29 Only a resolutely historical critical approach such as this can begin to do justice to the life and work of Paul Nizan , inextricably enmeshed as it is in the illusions , deceits , hopes , aspirations , successes and failures of its time .
30 This structure is useful when a project does not begin to generate revenue until completed .
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