Example sentences of "be only just beginning " in BNC.
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| 31 | The word pirate was perhaps not so strong a term of condemnation as in later centuries : European rulers were only just beginning to acquire for themselves , on behalf of their states , a monopoly of the use of force . |
| 32 | The standpoint of Coburn 's story was an extrapolation of machine intelligence , written at a time when computers were only just beginning to encroach into the commercial environment of Britain . |
| 33 | There was a red car waiting outside the farmhouse when she reached it ; the car 's wheels had cut deep tracks through the long grass , tracks that were only just beginning to fade as the plains wind breathed across them . |
| 34 | " We were only just beginning to listen to Bach " , said one Iranian businessman . |
| 35 | But they were only just beginning . |
| 36 | The wounds Giles had inflicted were only just beginning to heal . |
| 37 | All remembered and periodically still experienced the vicious attacks on them which the Communists were only just beginning to abandon . |
| 38 | He grew his first ones as a young child in 1936 and modestly claims he 's only just beginning to get the hang of it now . |
| 39 | Trowark style is large , enveloping and extremely cosy with an almost indestructible quality — one five-year-old jumper seen by The Independent is only just beginning to look ‘ broken in ’ after years of frequent machine washing and hard wear . |
| 40 | To give an idea of the desolation of some of the villages ( in the Saratov area ) ( may mention that the village of Kano , in the Markstadt district , which has a normal population of over 3,000 , has now only 1,100 inhabitants left , and remember the winter is only just beginning . |
| 41 | They have weathered every kind of financial storm over the centuries and have skills which the public sector is only just beginning to learn . |
| 42 | Our new insight into the structure of glass is only just beginning . |
| 43 | This aspect of evaluation is only just beginning to receive the attention it deserves . |
| 44 | The ability to display airframes and artifacts within such a building is only just beginning to be capitalised upon by NAM . |
| 45 | MIKHAIL GORBACHEV 's days as a top politician may be over , but his career as a movie star is only just beginning . |
| 46 | However , to say this to a country which is only just beginning to enjoy the benefits of industrialisation is not easy . |
| 47 | HOT Canada Ice Desalinated iceberg water — in the shops now Buying East German Hurry , hurry , while stocks last — one fifth has to go Tequila-flavoured lollipops Lick every bit — even the maggot Bobble hats and berets Essential headgear for the winter Sex as an ice cream substitute Yum , yum Dustin Hoffman Makes his gangster debut in Billy Bathgate Organic fruit juices The scam is only just beginning Barry Manilow The icon of trash culture on tour Kane toads The real thing . |
| 48 | These have to be the finest among American concertos : the Barber is standard repertoire now , but Serenade ( after Plato , ‘ in praise of love ’ ) is only just beginning to emerge as one of Bernstein 's highly select group of masterpieces — about time too . |
| 49 | The debate is a profound one and it is only just beginning to reach out to a wider audience . |
| 50 | Even Xerox 's Ventura , which is the closest thing yet to TechDoc in a desktop publishing package , is only just beginning to tackle the problem of networking . |
| 51 | The birch tree outside is only just beginning to look green , but at least it is , I suppose . |
| 52 | This aspect of his practice is only just beginning to change , but he intends to persevere with it , spurred on by the personal satisfaction he has derived from ‘ seeing them do their maths ’ . |
| 53 | Against some odds , President Yeltsin has won the part of the Russian referendum that he says matters most , but the really hard work is only just beginning . |
| 54 | For Hoddle and his men the hard work is only just beginning … |
| 55 | The real work is only just beginning . |
| 56 | FA Cup Final fever may be dissipating but excitement is only just beginning to mount over plans for a croquet centre of excellence . |
| 57 | The retreat movement is only just beginning to establish itself north of the Border and I feel strongly that a quiet space can be of real benefit in today 's hectic and stressful lifestyle . ’ ‘ |
| 58 | However , one ought to keep an open mind on the subject , remembering that the large-scale , objective study of suprasegmental aspects of real speech is only just beginning , and there is much research that needs to be done . |
| 59 | With Cardiff City considering taking up the League of Wales challenge , perhaps the South 's domination is only just beginning . |
| 60 | But , in Britain , it was election year , and , in America , President Johnson was only just beginning to grasp the reins of power after Kennedy 's assassination , and so little political progress was made . |