Example sentences of "be only just beginning [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the problems is at this very stage that the act is so new off the statute book that authorities , at the moment , under all the other pressures they 're having to meet , are only just beginning to put together their new policies . |
| 2 | So it looks as if er nature has kind of erm struck a bargain in this respect , that each parent can contribute exactly half , but I think it 's , we 're only just beginning to find out about what happens then and my guess is about internal conflict between genes because I strongly suspect that there must be a lot of that going on because , as I think you 've rightly seen , if we take this view of evolution as selecting for individual genes , then we would expect conflict even within the gender . |
| 3 | The debate is a profound one and it is only just beginning to reach out to a wider audience . |
| 4 | FA Cup Final fever may be dissipating but excitement is only just beginning to mount over plans for a croquet centre of excellence . |
| 5 | Under her left breast , whose pale skin was only just beginning to give up its bloom to death , was a tiny , dark-red blob , no bigger than a sand flea . |