Example sentences of "begins [to-vb] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As well as feeling a sense of sadness and loss , the son or daughter begins to realize that the parent is now depending on them for strength and care .
2 The face begins to swell and the eyes to protrude with the cough and then comes oedema between the eyelids and the eyebrows , even to the extent of a little water bag forming .
3 The variation in size begins to suggest that the notion of the community mental handicap team is not a unitary concept .
4 A massive object containing a small quantity of C- field begins to collapse when the pressure is no longer adequate to prevent it .
5 The vegetation within , protected from the dry air , begins to decay and the mound starts to warm .
6 Then Augustine begins to ponder that the memory is a vast and boundless sphere , full of desires and hopes of happiness , as well as being full of fears and sorrows : ‘ Great is the power of memory , a fearful thing , O my God , a deep and boundless manifoldness : and this thing is the mind , and this am I myself . ’
7 When the pot begins to boil and the bubbles rise quickly to the surface , it does n't take much to make it boil right over .
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