Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] at the beginning " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was stated at the beginning of this chapter that the objective was not to provide a comprehensive guide to international selling and exporting . |
| 2 | It was noted at the beginning of this chapter that early European travellers brought back objects to represent the peoples of other lands and , through the arrangement of these objects in museums , contributed to the development of early theories of social evolution and diffusion ( Steadman 1979 ) . |
| 3 | The technique of flutter-tonguing , where the player rolls the tongue instead of precisely articulating individual notes , may be used for particular effect in quiet passages ; now quite commonly used , it was introduced at the beginning of this century by R. Strauss and Mahler . |
| 4 | Christabel LaMotte wrote this long and very convoluted poem about Melusina 's story in the 1860s and it was published at the beginning of the 1870s . |
| 5 | It was reported at the beginning of October that the Lao government had issued a decree suspending the commercial exploitation of timber resources . |
| 6 | So successful was the system that it was reintroduced at the beginning of World War II . |
| 7 | This effectively marked the end of William Whitelaw 's service as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and he was succeeded at the beginning of December by Francis Pym . |