Example sentences of "start [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We seek the power in order to do all that , to stop being spectators and start being negotiators , to take our country off the sidelines and put it in the mainstream of advance where it should rightly be . |
| 2 | Investors from outside the European Community are not allowed to subscribe , and there is strong demand from Japan to buy in the French market once shares start being traded . |
| 3 | After 1998 , these figures start being ‘ phased down ’ by ½ per cent a year , so that anyone retiring after the year 2008 gets only 20 per cent ( one fifth ) of their relevant earnings , after they have been revalued and averaged over the whole of the working life . |
| 4 | They have got to stop apologising and start being more assertive about their disability . |
| 5 | if we start being arbitrary it 'll just be a shambles : at least , let us hope so . |
| 6 | Why do n't you stop ranting and raving for a minute and start being honest with yourself ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Lay off the wine and start being civil . |
| 8 | Well if I start being |
| 9 | and you start being unwilling to do |