Example sentences of "[adv] begin [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Second , the opt-out will soon begin to fray at the edges .
2 These changes , which were just beginning to develop at the end of Marx 's life have thrown into question much of this original Marxist theory and account for the modern debate about whether or not the capitalist state is always ( or ever ) an instrument which defends the interests of the ruling class in a repressive way .
3 The population of the town soon began to expand at a phenomenal rate .
4 The cracks were already beginning to show at the moment of their greatest triumph .
5 He was a tall , handsome man in his late thirties with short black hair , which was already beginning to grey at the temples , and a neatly trimmed black moustache .
6 Signs of the tenacious Selina ambition had already begun to show at the age of 13 when she secured her first job on the Darlington and Stockton Times .
7 Do n't torture yourself with feelings of inadequacy because you ca n't even begin to guess at the correct pronunciation of Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil .
8 Ethologists have not yet begun to grasp at the crucial characteristic of human beings that tends to invalidate all but the most cautious inferences from other animals to Man .
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