Example sentences of "begin [v-ing] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USSR also began developing a second major naval support complex at the port of Mersa Matruh . |
| 2 | In her fifties she began developing an elaborate theory-part religious , part mystical — on the natural supremacy of women and the need to return to a matriarchal society . |
| 3 | Outside , the military authorities began enforcing an undeclared night-time curfew . |
| 4 | Overwhelmed by the damage caused by the massive bombing and defoliation raids from 1961 to 1971 , Vo Quy and a team of Vietnamese scientists began drafting a national conservation strategy to put the country back on a firm ecological footing . |
| 5 | The two sides agreed to begin drafting a large-scale economic treaty to be signed during Gorbachev 's next visit to India [ see p. 37352 for 1988 visit by Gorbachev to India ] . |