Example sentences of "[adv] embarking on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could involve a civil engineering student considering the social effects of a new construction — in other words , taking on a sociological perspective ; it could be a student of English trying to answer the question ‘ What is literature and why do we assume that it is a good thing ? ’ — and so embracing the thinking of moral philosophy ; it might be a student in the performing arts trying to understand how and why a particular tradition had evolved — so embarking on a historical study ; it could be a chemistry student being invited to consider the effects on the natural environment of industrial or agricultural chemicals — so adding a biological approach to the subject ; or it might be a social science student keen on human perspectives being encouraged to look at underlying statistical patterns . |
| 2 | If you are female , more than two stones overweight , and just embarking on a weight-loss programme — as opposed to switching from another slimming diet on which you have already lost some of your surplus weight . |
| 3 | Ferguson moved to Kuwait , where he first met and impressed Crosby , who was just embarking on a coaching career . |
| 4 | With proposals for a fifth terrestrial channel currently being studied and a variety of plans to introduce pay-TV under consideration , the Government is clearly embarking on a policy of opening up the airwaves . |
| 5 | Undaunted by the almost complete failure of the Fifth Generation project , Japan Inc is now embarking on a $480m 10-year Real-World Computing Partnership with the aim of mimicking the human brain in software . |
| 6 | To this end a comprehensive review of the training and examination syllabus has been undertaken and we are now embarking on a period of consultation with a view to implementing a more up-to-date system in two years ' time . |
| 7 | The children now embarking on the national curriculum will still be in school at the turn of the century . |
| 8 | They were paid by these , and by the pennies of helpless men and women who might be forced to cross half of a strange continent before even embarking on the Atlantic crossing : from central Europe to Le Havre , or across the North Sea and via the smoky Pennine valleys to Liverpool . |
| 9 | In 1684 Colbert de Croissy , the French foreign minister , urged his son , the Marquis de Torcy , then embarking on an embassy to Portugal , to make every effort " to gain the reputation of a perfectly honourable man , and to deserve it " . |
| 10 | Any musician who is seriously embarking on a career in the music business should join the Musicians ' Union . |