Example sentences of "[noun] began [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fighting began in 1976 , the year after independence . |
| 2 | The main sequence of recordings began in 1916 as did her spectacular career in Vienna . |
| 3 | The march began after several thousand people had filled four churches to overflowing in the centre of Leipzig , for a special service of ‘ prayers for peace ’ . |
| 4 | Once under the Kelvin and twice under the Clyde , the making of the Glasgow Underground began in 1891 and involved two enormous explosions under the Clyde to open up twin 20-foot holes for the tunnels . |
| 5 | His career in the malt industry began in 1938 . |
| 6 | His experience of the industry began in 1958 when he worked at Immingham Docks , before transferring to Wallingford as assistant engineer . |
| 7 | Sims 's social reporting began in 1881 , with three sets of articles in the Sunday Dispatch — ‘ The Social Kaleidoscope ’ , ‘ The Three Brass Balls ’ , and ‘ The Theatre of Life ’ . |
| 8 | The brigade began with 18 members , of which 16 are still active , and raised money from the public to buy fire fighting equipment . |
| 9 | The effort to explore the energy potential of the volcano began in 1986 with financial help from the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) and the United Nations . |
| 10 | Their rearguard began in earnest the following afternoon , after overnight rain washed out the first session . |
| 11 | The system of creating life peers began in 1958 as a way of rewarding people who had excelled in political service , work with charities , industry or at the top of the professions . |
| 12 | A week of action began on 13 June with a mass picket , at which 84 people were arrested and there was large scale police violence . |
| 13 | In Asturias strike action began in late December 1991 in all the mines owned by the state company Hunosa ( the biggest employer in the region , which had made a loss of 65,000 million ptas — US$674 million — in 1991 ) in protest at a restructuring plan which would involve the loss of 6,000 jobs by the end of 1993 at a saving of only 15,000 million ptas . |
| 14 | First opened in 1806 , its heyday began in 1831 when Madame Vestris ( 1797–1856 ) took it over . |
| 15 | This long association began in 1936 when Edith , then attending an evening class in Dagenham , Essex , first came under the influence of the ‘ ladies in blue ’ — Molly Braithwaite and Peggy Secord . |
| 16 | The association began in 1863 . |
| 17 | That contest began with great fear , and ended with mercy never dreamed of before . |
| 18 | As the gap began to narrow , he continued to drum the tin , and Eyles ran and retrieved as if his life depended on it . |
| 19 | Comprehensive reorganization began in 1965 , although most schools were not reorganized on this basis until the mid-1970s . |
| 20 | This concentration of the opposition vote began in 1992 's general election . |
| 21 | Malawi 's spring began on 8 March , the first Sunday in Lent , when the pastoral letter was read in every Catholic church . |
| 22 | The case , heard in February 1929 , revealed that , since his association with Arsenal began in 1910 , Sir Henry had placed some £15,000 of his own money at the club 's disposal ( a bounty which could explain his campaign against rising transfer fees ) . |
| 23 | Rebuilt to full flying condition began in 1987 when Nick Grace , of Spitfire ML407 fame , brought the Mk XI back from Holland , where it had been displayed since 1960 at Overloon . |
| 24 | The formal sitting began at one o'clock the following day . |
| 25 | Girls ' public schools began after 1870 , and colleges after 1879 . |
| 26 | The background to the tennis club began in 1929 . |
| 27 | Commercial crabbing began in 1928 , but catches increased from 355 tonnes in 1968 to 2680 tonnes in 1984 . |
| 28 | Last year 's programme began with 16 bills in the Queen 's Speech , but ended with 33 Government measures being enacted . |
| 29 | The 25-year polling programme began in 1938 when the Nottinghamshire breeder Eric Pentecost ( 1896–1980 ) used Aberdeen Angus red or black bulls on some of his Lincolns , selectively backcrossing over five generations until his first Polled Lincoln Red could be licensed . |
| 30 | In early 1983 the then NCB Chairman Norman Siddall stated in the Coal and Energy Quarterly that since the current intensive exploration programme began in 1974 — new reserves of 3.8 billion tonnes ( 2533 MTOE ) have been proved — an amount 40% larger than the UK 's proved oil reserves . |