Example sentences of "[pron] began by [v-ing] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began by suggesting that , perhaps in practical terms , animal welfare and the protection of the environment have little in common . |
| 2 | I began by noting that in 1987 building societies were at the forefront of financial sector reporting , but the influence , in particular , of the EC has narrowed the gap over the past five years , so that the rules applicable to banks ( The Companies Act 1985 ( Bank Accounts ) Regulations 1991 ) and building societies ( the 1992 regulations ) are now very much in line . |
| 3 | However , we conclude as we began by repeating that there are no ‘ golden rules ’ for producing good ideas . |
| 4 | We began by considering that channels can be studied by conventional or macroscopic techniques , or alternatively by so-called microscopic methods , which enable us to look at single channel currents . |
| 5 | We began by showing that in the absence of any distortions a freely competitive equilibrium would ensure allocative efficiency . |
| 6 | We began by saying that William Titford moved house comparatively infrequently , and within a fairly limited area ; he and Mary Ann found new accommodation only once more in their married life together — as the children grew up and left home the parents moved to 48 Freegrove Road , Holloway , just off the Caledonian Road . |
| 7 | The draft platform formed the basis of Gorbachev 's opening report to the plenum , but he began by announcing that the politburo was proposing to bring forward the 28th CPSU congress from October to late June or early July , to be preceded by a " report-and-election campaign " during which " overdue personnel issues will be resolved and new elected party bodies will be formed " . |
| 8 | He began by saying that seven years earlier Meehan had been found guilty by a jury ‘ on evidence which was amply justified ’ , and then went on : ‘ Some public support was whipped up over the years for reasons which were not entirely clear and for motives which might be imagined . ’ |
| 9 | He began by saying that people were starving to death , and it got more pessimistic from then on : the resettlement camps , the ensuing dislocation which meant people could no longer grow their food , the dying children . |
| 10 | We elected Peter as Chairman and he began by saying that we needed national appeals to raise money in all the richest countries . |
| 11 | He began by admitting that there was a crisis of power , but he denied that his administration was without a programme to overcome it . |
| 12 | He began by indicating that Catholics , in general , had some experience of how the O.T . |
| 13 | He began by arguing that adaptive radiation in the animal kingdom produces diversity and specialization , but that such a process may as commonly entail a structural atrophy , as in the case of parasites or cave fish , as it does some directional increase in complexity . |