Example sentences of "[noun] begin [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More or less as soon as the subject has settled into Stage 2 sleep , at the beginning of the night , larger slow waves begin to appear in the EEG , whose frequency is less than 2Hz . |
| 2 | The billhook had sliced into his naked thigh and , turning , she saw the great curve of red blood begin to bubble in the air , saw him slowly sink like a wounded animal , his hands plucking the air . |
| 3 | ( Echoes of Evelyn Waugh 's Ishmaelite consul-general begin to flutter in the ear : ‘ As that great Negro , Karl Marx , has so nobly written … ‘ ) |
| 4 | Some animals feed on living plants ; even if no animals come at first they may come later if plants begin to grow in the microhabitat . |
| 5 | Before any fluttering expectations begin to arise in the minds or breasts — I do not mind which it is — of Opposition Members , I should say that I can not advise the House to write the two clauses into the Bill , because they deal , for example , with administrative matters such as a once-off requirement for a report to be made to Parliament — new clause 2 — and the keeping of a custody record — new clause 10 — that should not be set down in primary legislation . |
| 6 | Business Technology : Writs begin to fly in the battle of the 32-bits |
| 7 | As the storm grows , cracks begin to develop in the stone of the Castle , radiating out from the point where the weather-vane was fixed to the Tower . |
| 8 | There was a marked increase in enquiries during the quarter as signs of a recovery begin to appear in the UK housing market . |
| 9 | The age of the organisation : many businesses and other organisations begin to grow through the efforts of a few individuals ( eg. owner-directors , or the founder of a political pressure group ) and tend to be highly centralised ( power culture ) . |
| 10 | But then — if we are taking our time and stay to look at the town as a whole , walk around it in the cool and quiet of the evening when the shops are shut , and the traffic has gone home , and we can really see its contours and its bone-structure — other questions begin to arise in the mind , which even the best of guide-books does not answer . |
| 11 | AS A NEW GOVERNMENT attempts to reverse the problems of 100 years of economic decline and the faces of the previous decade begin to recede into the past , who now rules Britain ? |
| 12 | That gives us two hours to get there and two hours to prepare before Mait 's people begin to arrive for the ceremony . ’ |
| 13 | Moreover , the age-incidence curves for this group of diseases begin to flatten around the time of menopause . |
| 14 | Half a dozen of Chris Crackenthwaite 's apprentices pass down the street just as the girls begin to arrive at the Market Hall factory . |
| 15 | Special promotions , catalogue advertising and in-store events are planned , as more Tencel garments like jeans , blouses and jackets begin to appear in the shops . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , if committees , working parties and task forces begin to proliferate within the design team , this is a sure indication that the basic allocation into sub-systems was not optimal . |
| 17 | Turning the other cheek is not an option here — until the children begin to work through the logic and consequences of two wrongs making a … |
| 18 | With the departure of one Secretary and the arrival of another , the office staff — apart of course from the members of the Signet Office — normally changed completely ; not until the early seventeenth century did a permanent bureaucratic organization begin to appear beneath the Secretary of State . |
| 19 | First , dark clouds begin to boil in the sky , and lightning starts to crackle and fizz . |