Example sentences of "[adv] started by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , they only started by ‘ examining the implications ’ of growing at 4 per cent ; but presently they were planning to grow at 4 per cent , and soon they were promising to grow at 4 per cent . |
| 2 | There were many food kitchens and supplementary feeding centres run by Unicef and the Red Cross ; several were based on projects already started by local women . |
| 3 | I left China feeling that the state of affairs could not continue for much longer without serious public disorder , possibly started by the students . |
| 4 | Howard always started by getting the 'keeper and back four right first , and he 's done that . |
| 5 | A fire , probably started by a discarded cigarette , rapidly engulfed an escalator on the London underground . |
| 6 | A senior fireman called on ‘ people in high places ’ to knock the street down after crews attended six blazes last weekend , probably started by vandals . |
| 7 | Yeah got a letter back from her and she seemed quite pleased to have the letter but she also started by I 've been surprised by the amount of interest shown s si since I went on . |
| 8 | These rumours were no doubt often started by foreign broadcasts or opponents of the regime within Germany . |
| 9 | Assumption of the position , almost invariably resulted in spontaneous passage of wind , often started by a gentle cough . |
| 10 | People who maybe started by being genuinely forgetful of the date on which they had promised to pay later and then , when they became too dangerously indebted , developed a sense of cunning in their schemes to evade their obligations ? |