Example sentences of "[modal v] start [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Make sure you air your grievances to your superiors or both your health and a special relationship could start to suffer under the pressure . |
2 | A recent study showed that polluted mine water would start to flow into the River Wear within three months of pumping coming to a stop . |
3 | The Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ( MAFF ) had initially predicted that the incidence of BSE would start to fall by the end of 1992 , but , it says , some farmers continued using the feed after the introduction of the ban . |
4 | They would start to jeer at the company , but stopped when they saw the Hearthware sashes and the Myrcan staves and whispered amongst themselves . |
5 | It said that it simply could n't foresee the day when revenues from licensing ANDF , to its principal members for starters , would start to pay for the cost of development . |
6 | A third unit would be useful but this would start to eat into the army 's points value in a big way . |
7 | New cases of BSE in the UK " where 88,000 animals have died of the disease so far " rose from 675 to 885 a week over the past year , although the government 's chief scientist insists the figure will start to decline by the end of this year . |
8 | Paper will start to peel from the wall , and in the worst cases plaster will start to crumble . |
9 | If the Goblin Fanatic manages to keep going then he quickly becomes disoriented , and will start to spin about the battlefield first one way and then another — which can be very disconcerting for all combatants ! |
10 | The Minister should tell the House that he is prepared to go to the Treasury and argue not just for increases that provide price protection , but that he will start to look at the experience of those in the bottom two fifths of the pensioner population and make arrangements to do something significantly better for them . |
11 | The gift of genius Find a brilliant inventor to set loose in the laboratory and your problems are solved ; the new products will start to roll off the line immediately . |
12 | This is likely to lead to undue pressure on you and you will start to break from the programme and put on weight . |
13 | It is also generally believed that people with cancer should not be massaged because cancer cells may start to spread to the rest of the body via the lymphatic system . |
14 | The dog may start to scratch at the door to be let out . |
15 | If our jobless levels keep rising at the rate they have since the general election , then the north-east of Scotland may start to feel like the north-east of England . |