Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as they analyse what he has said to different people , they begin to see that the question is not really pertinent . |
| 2 | Once we have separated the question of obligation from that of responsibility , we naturally begin to wonder whether the debate about the scope of contractual obligations has been confused by an inappropriate amalgamation of the issues . |
| 3 | If the animal lived on the sea bottom , it seems unlikely that it would have eye lenses specialized for looking downwards , and we begin to suspect that the animal habitually dwelt above the sea floor . |
| 4 | For he must then begin to assume that the object under investigation has the same characteristics as himself . |
| 5 | On the basis of evidence from a number of studies of small-scale societies , Mewett ( 1982 ) has suggested that class differences begin to emerge as the proportion of multiplex relationships declines , multiplexity being an important characteristic of a closeknit type of network structure . |
| 6 | That is certain as people begin to understand that the valuation given to their property is not necessarily the actual property value . |
| 7 | I begin to believe that the House will clap itself to death one day . |
| 8 | 32 ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 3 ) below , where in the case of any action for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act , either — ( a ) the action is based upon the fraud of the defendant ; or ( b ) any fact relevant to the plaintiff 's right of action has been deliberately concealed from him by the defendant ; or ( c ) the action is for relief from the consequences of a mistake ; the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff has discovered the fraud , concealment or mistake ( as the case may be ) or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it … |
| 9 | If these are damaged , the cells begin to separate and the surface of the hair becomes rough , dull and prone to tangles . |
| 10 | What Stephen says and what Stephen thinks begin to merge because the punctuation mark that indicates ‘ now my character speaks ’ is missing.Joyce does use the dash , however , to show that he is moving from descriptive narrative to direct expression . |
| 11 | I felt my eyelids begin to droop and the warmth of the room slowly turning into a soft buzz in my head , the sort of sound which so often precedes the sudden slip into sleep itself . |
| 12 | Only when this phantasy is well on the way to realization as a practical mode of government does the citizen begin to notice that the state 's omnipresence means the total bureaucratization and control of life , that its omniscience dictates the need for total state surveillance , and that its omnipotence can only come about as a consequence of the total impotence of its subjects . |
| 13 | They begin to feel that the job is there so that they can earn a living , rather than that they are doing the job itself ! |
| 14 | It drifted and swirled about him , making him peaceful and tired , until his sense of loss began to go and the night was no longer awesome , for he had the protection of a Callanish eagle near him , and that gave him peace to rest and sleep at last … |
| 15 | However , as the project came to a close the total budget provided in the grant for support workers began to dwindle and the development officers were instructed to make careful calculations of their expenditure in order not to exceed the total available . |
| 16 | Managers came and went at an alarming rate ; there was Board Room take-over ; gates began to dwindle and the Palace were candidates for relegation from well before Christmas . |
| 17 | When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home . |
| 18 | But scientists began to realize that the industry was giving birth to a serious pollution hazard . |
| 19 | Programmers began to realize that the effectiveness of their work depended not so much on the particular format they had adopted as on the disciplined care with which their work was planned and executed . |
| 20 | We began to realize that the period of greatest prosperity and rebuilding was after AD 380 . |
| 21 | Warm rain began to fall and the land came to life . |
| 22 | ( This plan was abandoned when rumours began to circulate that the castle was about to be taken over as a headquarters for Field Marshal Kesselring ; rumours which subsequently proved to have no basis in fact . ) |
| 23 | Willi 's magic began to work as the meal progressed . |
| 24 | Within months the party began to self-destruct as the pace of reforms became too much for the Left , and for Mr Lange , to stomach . |
| 25 | He began to speculate that the ley was marked with hawthorns on the lower ground , pines on the higher ground , and that the double planting around the tumulus was to mark the changeover . |
| 26 | As one course followed another we began to wonder whether the meal would ever end . |
| 27 | She began to wonder if the relationship was not , very very slowly , dying a natural death , and whether it would not be sensible to terminate it quickly . |
| 28 | She began to wonder if the woman who had sent the box-message had tricked her here into this dead-end room . |
| 29 | But at the age of forty he was at last beginning to wonder whether the image he created for himself in his twenties could stay with him for ever . |
| 30 | Now he was beginning to wonder if the colour had been natural . |