Examples of began

• Coming out of research into such nonlinear systems as the weather, the structural analogies it suggested began to be applied to many different fields.

• The composer drafted his own libretto in 1887 and began the music in 1890.

• The first tactical error was made before the operation began.

• Jean and his family began the 1993-4 growing season quite methodically.

• The differential income levels across income-status groups over a variety of characteristics were first widened but began to converge in a catch-up phase of growth.

• As was always the case, he began his repor t after receiving a prompt from the chair.

• The second way in which cultural influences spread began with the army.

• During the hot summer months, they began pouring at 4am and finished by 10am.