Example sentences of "to start [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A sudden commotion behind her caused her to start as a voice called urgently , stridently , ‘ Special edition .
2 ARRIVED to start as a sub-editor with the people who , among other things , are responsible for spelling and grammar in the paper .
3 I mean to start as a group home , well I mean it , of all the places , A it 's not like an ordinary home
4 He 's got to start as a contender .
5 Jo , at what stage do you think that formal education ought to start for a child ?
6 Rather to the surprise of my new employers , since I had been so eager to work for them , I told them I should not be able to start for a fortnight ( I needed to recover , being exhausted by my burden of guilt ) .
7 From the purchasers ' point of view , auctions can also be attractive — if slightly nerve-racking as you wait for bidding to start for the house of your dreams .
8 but that surprised the man in the queue and yet interestingly I think that and she said I was right in my assumption that that is part of the partnership philosophy of John Lewis that they work in partnership with their staff and in partnership with the community and they make their profit which is generated to start through the community which they sell to and therefore they quietly give back without wanting to play their own trumpets and in a sense I think that 's how it should be .
9 Right-hand drive production at the Tohara plant in Japan , where the current Supra is built , is expected to start during the summer , prior to a Tokyo motor show launch in September .
10 Willie Carson , Rock City 's rider , has a significant ride to start of the afternoon when he partners Nashwan 's half-brother , Mukddaam ( 1.30 ) , on his first racecourse appearance , which has been delayed by injury and hard ground .
11 Assuming that you have determined that the line is biased to starboard , and you therefore want to start near the starboard end of the line , there are still a number of considerations which you must take into account before you can put yourself in the right place as the gun is fired .
12 Who ne'er were known to start into a Flame ,
13 Undoubtedly the easiest way of training is to start with a puppy , at about seven or eight weeks old .
14 Similarly , the Christmas period is usually not a good time to start with a puppy because your home is likely to be in turmoil , and you may have visitors .
15 The other way of practising theological science is to start with a system of dogmatic theology and find it confirmed in the experience of life .
16 In a book concerned with the need for a common policy to cover the education of all children at all stages of their careers , it might be thought right to start with a discussion of the primary school .
17 One obvious , and successful , method is to start with a course representation and subsequently make it finer around the optimal solution , using the accuracy of the approximation as a guide .
18 It is unusual for me to start with a reissue , but I do think this is a clever bit of publishing .
19 I 'd like to start with a vote .
20 and proposals and I 'd like to start with a vote just to find out what kind of hundred this is , do you have a driving licence ? , button one for yes and button two for no seventy two of this hundred have a driving licence which I think is some way above the National average , let me ask you do you have the use of a car or other vehicle whenever you want it ? , button one for yes and button two for no and of seventy two er licence holders , sixty three have the use of a car which again I think is some way over the National average , now what cars do you have ? , now let see what people are driving here there
21 She did n't officially begin her regular duties until Monday , which she planned to start with a meeting of all available personnel at the station , but between them she , Cavell and Penny Seu Chen had managed to fill up most of Sunday with their planning .
22 It is useful to start with a copy of the advertisement which originally caught your eye , for the reasons mentioned in Chapter 1 .
23 ‘ The doctrine preached by Weismann was that to start with a body and enquire how its characters got into the germ was to view the sequence from the wrong end : the proper starting point is the germ .
24 This discussion should include other professionals in the multidisciplinary team and may need to start with a recognition of their own feelings , before meeting with the old person concerned .
25 An approach which can combine the relative simplicity of the micro with the required data base , network and security of a shared system is to start with a bureau solution .
26 ‘ It would be nice to start with a win , but a draw will do for me ’ — ANDY ROXBURGH
27 The executives decide to start with an output of 100,000 units and they estimate correctly that the total cost of production will be £450,000 , giving an average cost of £4.50 .
28 It is also a real lesson in how to avoid the obvious without being freakish , how to start with the stimulus of a hot vegetable dish , how to vary the eternal purée of potatoes with your meat ( lacking chestnut flour we could try instead a purée of lentils or split peas ) , how to follow it with a fresh , bright , unexpected salad ( that excellent mixture of corn salad and beetroot — how often does one meet with it nowadays ? ) and since by that time most people would have had enough without embarking on cheese , de Pomiane is brave enough to leave it out .
29 To start with the martyr of the moment , take pilloried candidate Bill Clinton , who is now lumbered with the nicknames ‘ Slick Willie ’ and ‘ Mr Beef ’ .
30 ‘ Having established what it is that people are interested in , you need to start with the individual .
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