Example sentences of "[adv] begin [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we consider for a moment the extent to which the hero-kings of early agricultural societies did indeed come to play a maternal , provident role with regard to those dependent on them we can perhaps begin to see the truth of the claim that they became the heirs of the matriarchs . |
| 2 | The implications of this approach for advertising personnel are considerable , and the best way to grasp what this means is to examine who works in advertising , and so begin to understand the hierarchy or power structures . |
| 3 | You will feel clumsy and inept at most of the manual skills for at least a year , ; confidence and speed will only begin to appear the second or third time round . |
| 4 | Maha tried to join them but was cast out and good-humouredly began to push the loaded craft into the water . |
| 5 | It suddenly began to close the distance between them and Chrissie felt her heart beat increasing to an almost violent rate . |
| 6 | Finding a seat to the back of the church I took a prayer book , and kneeling down began to find the place . |
| 7 | When he did wake , Moran reached his hand across to the coarse shirt over the shoulder and gently began to knead the muscles . |
| 8 | We are only beginning to realize the significance of stone . |
| 9 | The UK is only beginning to realise the potential of partnerships ; education has been shy to join hands with business and vice versa , but it has to happen . |
| 10 | It was not until the 1880s that a number of new factors operating together began to change the prospect for the better . |
| 11 | Only the new trench leading to the banqueting hall cut a brown gash through the green , but even there green moustaches were perhaps beginning to cover the lips of the parapets … the Collector hoped they were : he did not want the ramparts to be washed away . |
| 12 | I think we are perhaps beginning to find the conventional notions of convenience and comfort , of enjoyment and entertainment , inadequate . |
| 13 | The few experiences of community education , linking formal with non-formal methods such as the bi-lingual education in Scotland , have only begun to demonstrate the validity of a community orientated approach to learning . |
| 14 | Their ability not only to begin to understand the nature of their alienation but to learn to do something about it is also enhanced by the development of automation . |
| 15 | We soon begin to see the double-voiced nature of this supposedly ‘ useless ’ discourse . |
| 16 | The morning is brilliant and we soon begin to pass the all-night paddlers . |
| 17 | It would not be so attractive to many of the professional golfers in the field of nearly 150 who would shortly begin to contest the World Wide Insurance Golf Championship . |
| 18 | Many investment trusts will finally begin to feel the impact of an estimated 1% fall in dividends in 1992 . |
| 19 | Although I do not begin to claim the sort of historical breadth of either Brown or Bynum , I do believe that their approach is not only helpful but necessary if we are going , as we must , to use the lives of women before us to encourage us forward . |
| 20 | The idea of a youth employment service , however , did not figure prominently as a solution to the problem , probably because social scientists did not begin to examine the possibilities of labour exchanges until after 1905 . |
| 21 | Without this , one can not begin to grasp the size and complexity of Charles ' achievements — such as the uncanny speed with which he could move troops across great distances . |
| 22 | But it could not begin to realize the grandiose schemes dreamed up in St Petersburg to establish schools , orphanages , hospitals , clinics , veterinary services , insurance funds , grain stores , and so forth . |
| 23 | But it is obvious that the reparative principle can not begin to justify the penal system that we have , since most punishments ( and most notably imprisonment ) contain little or no reparative element , and may even make it difficult or impossible for the offender to make amends . |
| 24 | But until we understand how and why they are such reasons and how they differ from ordinary reasons we will not begin to understand the nature of authority . |
| 25 | Recruited from the lower-middle or working class , the representative benefactor lived in a small house in a town or city , had no children or had children who were grown up , spoke not a word of German , knew nothing of Germany beyond the front-page news of the Express or Mirror , and did not begin to understand the trauma of being a young refugee . |
| 26 | For the little boy who had found a family could not begin to understand the anguish he had unwittingly caused to the family who had lost a little boy … |
| 27 | If we do not begin to address the problem , we shall be doing irreparable damage to our political profession , which I greatly respect . |
| 28 | They know better than anyone that all the badmouthing of men they could manage would not begin to balance the inequality they experience when it comes to the job market — fewer opportunities , low wages , nonexistent child-care facilities and a hopelessly uneven battle to survive if , for example , the father of their children jumps ship and fails to pay any maintenance . |
| 29 | When he talks about appointing 1,000 police officers nationally , does he understand that that means only 1.5 additional police officers per constituency , which does not begin to meet the problem ? |
| 30 | Indeed , they do not begin to face the problem . |