Example sentences of "[noun pl] have begun [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her legs had begun to acquire a nice , even tan , and she slipped her feet into a pair of sandals before brushing her still damp hair into a ponytail . |
| 2 | More recently , certain local authority organizations have begun to take a direct interest in popular music . |
| 3 | Among western specialists many revisionist arguments have begun to gain a wide measure of acceptance . |
| 4 | In an attempt to counter this , many North American teachers have begun making a conscious effort to help their young students ‘ develop ’ a child 's ‘ natural ’ curiosity about the world — not the TV world , but the actual world around them . |
| 5 | A major destination for African slaves was the Caribbean islands where British settlers had begun to generate a huge demand for forced labour on sugar , cotton , coffee and tobacco plantations . |
| 6 | Recently , closures and redundancies have begun to have a serious impact . |