Example sentences of "began [prep] [adj] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contempt proceedings began in 1987 when the Attorney-General , Sir Patrick Mayhew , alleged that the newspapers ' conduct in publishing material from Spycatcher , the memoirs of former MI5 officer Peter Wright , was intended , or was likely to , thwart the publication ban obtained by the Government in July 1986 against the Guardian and the Observer . |
| 2 | The dispute over the freehold ownership of the common began in 1987 when the present claimant to ownership , Mr Michael Farrow , and his company the Historical Records Agency , bought the lordship of the manor from the Earl of Carnarvon for £4,200 . |
| 3 | It all began in 1974 when the brothers invited J. Hamilton Stutt to design a golf course in this beautiful area of Camelot country . |
| 4 | The 25-year polling programme began in 1938 when the Nottinghamshire breeder Eric Pentecost ( 1896–1980 ) used Aberdeen Angus red or black bulls on some of his Lincolns , selectively backcrossing over five generations until his first Polled Lincoln Red could be licensed . |
| 5 | It began in 1756 when a fellow of the Royal Society called James Dodson had a problem . |
| 6 | And it all began in 1890 when a successful businessman , who could not dance a step , presented four ordinary little girls from Manchester in a pantomime at the Prince of Wales Theatre , Liverpool . |
| 7 | It began in 1976 when a team of three educationists was appointed . |
| 8 | The saga began in 1985 when a report by the Property Services Agency ( which maintains Crown property ) highlighted the serious corrosion of the spire . |
| 9 | The age of satellite television began in 1988 when the Astra Satellite was launched . |
| 10 | So if Mains ' lean face did begin to take on a grey and grim hue it probably began in 1972 when the All Black selectors began shuffling around their fullbacks , with Mains conspicuously absent . |
| 11 | Work began in 1975 when a small test-reactor at Ispra , near Milan , was switched by the Italian government to work on safety . |
| 12 | They are the latest development in an initiative which began in 1975 when a group of industry representatives launched the Site Management Education and Training Scheme . |