Example sentences of "begins [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It begins as a mock-documentary on Simon Rodia ( architect of the Watts towers ) and then shifts through stories-within-stories , digressions , verbal improvisations ( explicitly modelled on jazz ) , and numerous references to the practicalities of narrating . |
| 2 | The river Aver begins as a number of fast mountain streams which flow from the western slopes of the Dwarf fortress of Karak Varn just north of Black Fire Pass . |
| 3 | It begins as a house , an end terrace |
| 4 | Science begins as a series of competing theories , struggling for acceptance . |
| 5 | This observation accords with the clinical finding that torsades de pointes often begins after a pause in the cardiac cycle and can be suppressed by pacing at a more rapid rate . |
| 6 | For a person insensitive to visual impressions the pattern on the wallpaper he is buying may seem not to deserve close scrutiny ; but if the room he has papered begins after a while to depress him , it has turned out that the pattern was relevant to the choice after all . |
| 7 | What characterises these speaker-initiated insertion sequences , then , is that the London English part of the speaker 's turn is a sequence embedded in the turn but not part of the mainstream ; it does not necessarily start at a syntactic clause completion point ( for example ( 8 ) , where it begins after a subject pronoun ) and its purpose is to elicit information , or check on information to make it possible for the speaker to complete the current turn ( Sebba and Wootton 1984 : 4 ) . |
| 8 | It begins with a look at the various types of looms and how to set them up together with full details on how to operate each type , with hints and tips on weaving procedures . |
| 9 | The film begins with a scene ( missing in British prints ) at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington . |
| 10 | Which begins with a disclaimer , denying even a grain of professional jealousy . |
| 11 | Scurvy — humph — Scurvy — Stay — Pox , that 's a Scurvy Rhime , and a Scurvy question now : The nearest to it , is a very good friend of mines Name , that begins with a D |
| 12 | Begins with a s . |
| 13 | And between the months of October and March he does n't climb , so this On the Rock begins with a compromise . |
| 14 | It begins with a fade-in to an exterior scene — the Camp — which is to be shot in daylight . |
| 15 | The following invented dialogue , for example , begins with a pre-request : |
| 16 | Morgenthau begins with a sentence worth pausing to consider : ‘ This book purports to present a theory of international politics . ’ |
| 17 | Classically , learning LOGO begins with a child 's own sense of space . |
| 18 | One of his best known , most poetic pieces — ‘ Che gelida manina ! ’ from La bohéme — begins with a kind of recitation of nine syllables on the same note , before the melody gets into flight . |
| 19 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez' A Hundred Years of Solitude also begins with a childhood but it engages with a quite different feeling : |
| 20 | Chapter 2 begins with a psalm ( vv. |
| 21 | The internecine war that is to continue until the present day begins with a battle between right-wing Christian Falangists and left-wing Muslim Palestinians . |
| 22 | If your new code begins with a K , you will have more tax deducted than previously from your salary each period , but you should not normaly have an extra demand for tax after the end of the year . |
| 23 | Chapter 6 therefore begins with a description of such general transput systems . |
| 24 | His argument begins with a rejection of ‘ universalism ’ and a claim that different varieties of language can be associated with different levels of such general qualities as ‘ objectivity ’ : ‘ there are gross differences among languages , such that it does seem reasonable to say of some that they allow their users to approximate to neutral , objective description ’ . |
| 25 | The schedule of meetings begins with a presentation of the proposals by the Developers , on Friday 1 November 1991 at 2.00 pm in Room 1.5 in the Regional Chambers , to which all members of the Council and appropriate officials are invited . |
| 26 | Each begins with a consideration of the nature of the area being discussed on the basis that greater understanding of the nature and origin of the problems of old age , dispelling some of the myths surrounding them , can help the counsellor in his task , and help the counsellee to prevent some of the more avoidable pitfalls of ageing . |
| 27 | It begins with a B , forgotten the name of it now . |
| 28 | Begins with a C. |
| 29 | The Schneider and Robin turtle technique begins with a story to tell young children about a boy called Little Turtle . |
| 30 | About 115 groups throughout the continent are using the Service 's course , which begins with a survey to ascertain specific needs and conditions . |