Example sentences of "[noun] began [to-vb] during the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the Second World War the percentage of local government income derived from grants increased steadily and although the proportion began to fall during the 1980s ( as a result of public expenditure restraint policies ) it is still sufficient to provide central government with a powerful instrument for influencing local authorities . |
| 2 | The modern environmental movement began to emerge during the post-war period , although its initial emphasis was still on protection rather than conservation , and most of the effort was directed towards preserving large animals and their habitats in the Third World . |
| 3 | No miller was allowed to buy or sell grain or flour except surplus toll corn until after the reign of Elizabeth I and although the influence of the soke began to wane during the seventeenth century , toll-in-kind was not replaced by a monetary charge until an act of 1796 . |
| 4 | Her health began to fail during the recent drought and as a result she had to give up her job . |
| 5 | Swahili began to spread during the nineteenth century . |