Example sentences of "be [adv] beginning [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those who have survived the recession intact there has been too much self-interest , need and greed , stab and grab , call it what you will , and companies I believe are suddenly beginning to realise that integrity , ethics and pragmatism may have a ‘ bottom line ’ value in the years to come that the accountant 's profit culture attitude may change a little . |
| 2 | I think we are perhaps beginning to find the conventional notions of convenience and comfort , of enjoyment and entertainment , inadequate . |
| 3 | We are only beginning to realize the significance of stone . |
| 4 | The larger organisations are only beginning to wake up . |
| 5 | I have to re-affirm the confidence they are only beginning to find in themselves . ’ |
| 6 | We are only beginning to come to terms with it . |
| 7 | We are only beginning to work out these implications and our chapters of research can only be a base for others to examine in greater detail how our theories work . |
| 8 | Having cruelly ignored the band for two years as they dragged their own equipment between some of London 's less than prestigious live dives , people are finally beginning to wake up to the idea of Suede . |
| 9 | McGrath admitted that his long-term knee problems , which have resulted in eight operations , are finally beginning to catch up with him . |
| 10 | I think you will destroy them ; you are a ruthless woman ; how ruthless I am yet to know and am just beginning to discern . |
| 11 | I have gone much further than I intended when I set out on this report and am already beginning to regret the substantial breach in normal departmental procedures which this has involved . |
| 12 | Yields in the Swiss capital market for Japanese firms ' bonds are already beginning to reflect the range of issuers ' credit ratings . |
| 13 | Sales are already beginning to kindle . |
| 14 | They are already beginning to affect the pattern of organisation in the classroom . |
| 15 | In more sheltered woods , though , you may find that real spring plants are already beginning to move . |
| 16 | Several hotel and leisure groups are already beginning to diversify into this field : they are aiming at the top and more lucrative end of the market , charging fees well above the DSS limits . |
| 17 | ‘ A number of different viewpoints are already beginning to emerge . |
| 18 | But it is coming , and certainly some of the medium-sized shops , perhaps with a couple of two or three outlets but under the same management , where it 's not quite so easy to see when you 're running out of baked beans , are already beginning to take advantage of some of these retailing computers . |
| 19 | People are already beginning to think of pre- and post-AIDS periods just as we in the seventies grew accustomed to thinking of pre- and post-gay liberation periods . |
| 20 | Secondly data structures are already beginning to come apart from use structures and GIS plays a central role in this . |
| 21 | However , now that it has been decided that a Sunday game of 50 overs per side is a better idea ‘ for cricket ’ , many are already beginning to rue the demise of the 40-overs game . |
| 22 | Actually , the frets are already beginning to show marks left by the wound strings , an indication that a fairly soft wire has been used . |
| 23 | In Committee we shall draw attention to the many anomalies that are already beginning to pile up . |
| 24 | Systems for compliance with the rule are part and parcel of the quality management systems that are already beginning to dominate legal practice . |
| 25 | Some enlightened and forward-thinking employers are already beginning to recognise this potential manpower re-source for both full and part-time staff . |
| 26 | A rather strange collection of men and women , thought Rupert with an anthropologist 's detachment , none of whom really know each other but between whom waves and currents of feeling are already beginning to pass . |
| 27 | Given the Community 's capacity to help other European countries — not only the successful ones who now wish to join , and are already beginning to apply , but the east European countries , with all their problems — it is extraordinary and perverse to suggest that there should be greater disunity in the Community at the very moment when greater aid and support is called for . |
| 28 | The bands are just beginning to drift through , but Relief is still on stage . |
| 29 | Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go . |
| 30 | Combines are just beginning to move in the midlands , with harvest start dates well adrift of last year 's . |