Example sentences of "beginning [verb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Company felt very pleased when in 1717 it received an imperial decree giving it a good deal of the territorial autonomy for which its ambitious employees had hoped in the 1680s and , in return for an annual payment of 13,000 rupees , freed it from paying customs duties inside India , but there is no sign that the Company realized that developments of this sort showed the Moghul Empire was beginning to lose control of the country . |
| 2 | She was beginning to lose control beneath the feather-light touch of his fingers against her cheek and eyes . |
| 3 | Now it is clear that Falkenhayn was already beginning to lose interest in the ‘ bleeding white ’ experiment . |
| 4 | Heart pounding with excitement , he barged through the door and into the dock , where Germans both on the dockside and aboard the ships ran for cover , beginning to open fire at the intruders . |
| 5 | As Moser comments : " By the middle of the 1930s surveys were beginning to assume importance in the field of town planning and reconstruction " . |
| 6 | The Serbian Party is also beginning to put pressure on the press in other republics , especially in Slovenia and Croatia . |
| 7 | ‘ Buyers are beginning to take advantage of the large number of attractive fixed rate mortgage products which have been announced following the reduction of base rates in late January . ’ |
| 8 | They organised events for charity , gave concerts , formed clubs , and were generally beginning to become part of the administration . |