Use "to begin with" in a sentence

1. To begin with this living being is totally free of all constraints

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2. To begin with, the meaning of a word varies according to what part of speech it is

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3. low and hazy to begin with but building slowly and surely to the point where Cat

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4. stupid dream to begin with

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5. At least to begin with

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6. Practice: Eliminate something’s path to it to begin with

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7. “He’s nervous about the Kassikan to begin with, he’s not technically educated and has only been in settlements of over a hundred thousand as a tourist

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8. They didn't have any to begin with, but it wasn't their place to decide anyway, it was White Feathers's, and that was that

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9. It screwed up my development which was bad enough to begin with and I'll hate them for that the rest of my life

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10. As if they weren’t horrid to begin with, now what little flesh they had was cooking and sloughing off of their bones

11. His work force was meager enough to begin with, but now it was almost nonexistent

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12. The staff was blistering to the touch to begin with, but once it took the Dead God’s life, it was smoldering

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13. strategies are best to begin with

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14. Soon enough the thief was off, figuring that retracing the Breton woman’s steps would be the best approach to begin with until he found more clues

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15. How dare he?! He caused this entire mess to begin with! That bastard… how dare he come to Derlick's funeral?!

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16. Under Senta and Isin's patient tutelage, Deni and Song became adept at the subtle movements required to perform the basics of the Lascorii Court 'dances and rituals' which is what the robe flourishes were used for to begin with

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17. It's best to begin with the following instruction:

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18. And secondly, that y'all aren't fawning, bowing and scraping before me is precisely how we began this voyage to begin with, remember? No special treatment?”

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19. It hadn't been looted, but there wasn't a lot there to begin with

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20. ‘To begin with,’ said the Cat, ‘a dog’s not mad

21. If Psyche had kept her nose out of what didn’t belong to her to begin with…” she glanced coldly at Psyche, “…you’d all still be working for me

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22. He was like a newborn baby to begin with, but that was

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23. “To begin with, the relatively slow drift of the debris suggests the Niagara was nearly at

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24. One should never ever shoot at the Police to begin with

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25. Everyone had to pass the College examinations, which were easy for we knew the questions before hand, and they were really not difficult to begin with

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26. " The worst thing was that they had no water or decent cycling clothing to begin with, and thus walked rather strangely for the next few days having been mutilated for life

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27. " (They were the only policemen who parachute jumped static and free fall, including HALO and HAHO, but then that was only expected, them being mad to begin with

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28. Besides, drug addicts are weaklings and have very little physical strength to begin with

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29. How pathetic to play the blame game to begin with I say!

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30. Denying a child a trophy is very sad and uncalled for to begin with

31. a very silly point to begin with since the money is to buy food for the child who did not ask to live

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32. ) What is certain, however, is that once the smoke clears, the Clinton Administration, whose record on Terrorism has been soft to begin with, will walk away from this tragedy unscathed

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33. But how does anyone go about discovering (the) Truth? If Truth is predicated on Natural Law(s) understood as God‘s Eternal Law(s), because such laws (naturally) proceed from God, ―hidden yet pre-determined,‖ and if Humankind‘s problematical interpretation of God‘s Law has rendered its meaning less viable than what was arguably uncertain to begin with, then how or where does anyone proceed in recovering important points of reference? Conventional wisdom, forged by the (social) dynamics of customs and habits and experience, is insufficient

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34. * The Army should have wondered why my own men did not salute me and started roaring with laughter whenever the Army lads did! Perhaps they expected SAP COIN to be otherwise to begin with

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35. The Republican Party has been operating under the mistaken assumption that it will be able to successfully rally its conservative base, never traditional allies to begin with, by pushing for higher tax cuts

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36. Its (supposed) advantages or encumbrances will be either ―enjoyed‖ or endured severally; including those who weren‘t involved in the decision making process to begin with

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37. The Nationalist Parliament who enabled the laws which caused the ruckus? Absolutely! Who else? It is logical that without the silly laws the SAP would not have been at the riot to begin with

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38. That is a long haired liberal excuse and cr-p to begin with

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39. Bush‘s (putative) conservative credentials to begin with

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40. They also killed one of their own somehow but then they never were any good to begin with

41. These individuals are ―ashamed‖ of having been caught unawares rather than being (properly) ashamed for trying to steal a cookie to begin with

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42. (otherwise) spent emphasizing its differences to begin with!

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43. (This explains why bedrooms have doors to begin with

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44. It leaders will need to provide comprehensive guidelines articulating its position on abortion, assisted suicide, affirmative action, civil rights, conservation, environmental and family issues, education and the death penalty, among a number of issues of immediate concern to many blue collar voters disheartened with ―business as usual‖ establishmentarians seated across both sides of the political aisle who seem to have forgotten the voters that elected them into public office or the reasons why they were elected to begin with

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45. We would struggle in normal society where we did not want to be, and was alien to us to begin with

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46. The fact of the matter is that there is no turning back the hands of time, if such was ever a reasonable option to begin with! As evolving technologies continue developing efficient ways of replacing brawn with brain, increasing competition for skilled labor in highly competitive global environments will require transforming (the) worker from a corporate to a human resource commissioned with the task of managing his or her (own) career paths

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47. …rejecting the notion that virtue or (goodness) is an applied rather than a natural condition…that the will toward moral excellence or (goodness) is not (necessarily) assigned by (formal) conventions…(although a society scripted in exceptional manners would likely encourage lofty manners)…that seeks its (own) goodness for its (own) sake… rather than goodness‘ sake…(that nevertheless offers its own special rewards)…that, notwithstanding, would (equally) satisfy universal sentiments…and that a society, however primitive or advanced, seeks its own goodness because it is considered good for that society to do so…that it naturally follows its (own) immanent understanding of what is good, whatever its form, to begin with…setting aside, for the moment, such advantages that might otherwise accrue to that society…(and) that…such goodness, however, should never be confused with eternal standards of goodness or (moral excellence) that naturally evolve in communion with Humankind‘s (inherently) perfectible nature, that, properly informed, provides meaning and (further) insight and guidance into the essential nature of things or ideas or what it meant by ―Good‖…

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48. questionable activities that are considered potentially harmful to the personal well-being of another individual whether or not they are properly executed with the intent of harming that individual or that may otherwise effect unintended harm, in either case legal precedence or (experience) should carefully consider the feasibility of preempting such decisions to begin with

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49. The terrorists could and were ambushed by the Security Forces which was another unique point for most Western Armies are ambushed by the terrorist which indicates bad COIN tactics to begin with

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50. What I‘m suggesting, however, is that men sexually orientated in that manner should never have been ordained to begin with

51. (independent) thought or idea that had/has a prior existence of its (own) to begin with

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52. ―unintended‖ results justified in every manner that oftentimes provides a convenient outlet for informed individuals who were (consciously) aware of the probable affects of their actions to begin with

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53. Therefore, when some intended action has promoted harm to some individual other than the intended individual or subject of that intended action, and although the intended subject of that intended action has been spared injury, the unintended result of the intended action is considered a premeditated action against the injured party although that individual was not the intended subject of that intended action to begin with

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54. Grandfathering laws or conveniently making legal what was once illegal, should raise legitimate concerns over any nation‘s ability to properly enforce its own laws to begin with

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55. There are (special) moments in our lives that many of us have experienced at one time or another that should be properly filed away for safe keeping and never revisited again lest we tarnish the exceptionable qualities that made those moments (in retrospect) special to begin with

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56. Such moments, that inevitably lose some measure of (reminiscent) proportion should we try to recapture them, can never be formally revisited without diminishing the (pleasant) memories that made/make those moments (special) to begin with; that should otherwise retain, however, a rightful place in our thoughts

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57. that that individual is able to correctly distinguish between right and wrong) These models are not necessarily mandates (for choice) but guidelines, rather, that provide compelling reasons for making the right decisions to begin with

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58. This unfortunate event— unfortunate because it was morally repugnant—has generated convulsions among antiwar protestors and professional agitators alike who have never properly supported the war effort to begin with

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59. such groups to begin with!

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60. A terrorist, for example, (read: William Jefferson Clinton) should never be pardoned based upon incontrovertible evidence that led to that conviction to begin with

61. An attachment to any individual divested of his or her essential qualities, however problematical, is equivalent to embracing an empty suit, thereby frustrating our intended purpose inasmuch as the inseparable idea(s) forming the character of that individual of our liking and the manner such (ideas) are properly received represent the fundamental components internalized by that individual who we (ironically) find so appealing to begin with

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62. I would expect our Catholic Schools and their agents to conform to the standards of Church teachings, which is why most parents enroll their children in these schools to begin with

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63. “It was a strange day to begin with

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64. Performing ―good‖ deeds for their own sake because it is good to do so does not address the question: by what conventional standards are such acts of goodness, good to begin with; and assuming that they are, whether the ―Will to Goodness‖ is driven by some inherent factor; that is to say, an (essential) moral goodness that resides within the doer of good deeds or conditioned, rather, by rewards and punishment, reciprocity or perhaps, fear, in which case, such acts of ―goodness‖, sullied by questionable (intent), are motivated, in part, by self-serving designs that are not (inherently) good in themselves

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65. This may partially explain why most parents choose public schools for their children to begin with

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66. That Americans are slow to embrace change is due in part to modifying values or customs embodied within the (broader) culture that (ironically) ―encourages‖ such values to begin with

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67. With a pocketknife more usually used to open the mail, he made some shavings to begin with

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68. For this reasons, it may well behoove Social Conservatives, never at ease with the Republican Party‘s country club mentality, to begin with, to pitch camp and establish a home that they could properly call their own

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69. Further legal restrictions would (merely) impose stricter licensing requirements on law-abiding individuals who would purchase them through normal, legal channels, to begin with

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70. These stories always seemed to begin with him entering ‘the chamber’ and taking a seat in the shadows where he would study his prisoner

71. Again, every single one of these theories had little to them to begin with, and the evidence against them is very clear, once one gets away from the self isolating bubble many conspiracy believers live in

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72. “McGill wasn’t too good-looking to begin with,” he mentioned

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73. The assembly quieted down a little, although they were pretty subdued to begin with

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74. “Are you listening? Are you here? Gods help me, he was insane to begin with now he is catatonic! Amonas!”

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75. It marred the quality and taste of the wine, but that was usually low to begin with anyway

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76. “Not your’s to begin with

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77. It would be ironic to lose one’s soul only a little while after he’d found out he had one to begin with

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78. Some of the worst students go on to become doctors, lawyers, or newspaper editors, but our society is pretty sick to begin with

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79. ” Can you imagine that? Some, still little more than houses while others had grown to be almost as large as the synagogues that Paul had always seemed to begin with

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80. How can I explain the impulse to hop on a train and visit my brother? Or the eerie calm in Eric’s voice as he questioned me? Or the reason that I exploded and hit Tobias to begin with?

81. “Perhaps if you could control your temper,” Jeanine says, her words cutting cleanly across Tobias’s, “you would not be in this situation to begin with, Tobias

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82. I don’t want to have this news to begin with

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83. How can you create a superb idea? To begin with, the best ideas, are grounded in reality, they have immediate and realistic applications to the world around them, they affect the world

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84. “The factions are destroyed, and it was all stupid to begin with

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85. They would have to be taught that they even had a son to begin with; they would need to learn my name again

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86. divided into two broad categories to begin with: point solutions and end-to-end

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87. But wasn’t the globe overpopulated to begin with? What’s so bad about millions of fewer mouths to feed with limited resources? And doesn’t it affect mainly the poor who are a drain on society anyway? If these questions seem caustic or cynical, consider Paul Ehrlich’s answer

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88. you were holding a key to begin with

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89. The worldwide sources to be consulted by these Justices may include decisions of courts in countries that have no constitutional basis of their own to begin with

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90. Language purification is an easy way to assure that students never know to begin with what a rich heritage their language embodies

91. For those who find salads very difficult to digest, it is best to begin with French or cabbage lettuce and skinned tomatoes only, or, as an alternative, a saucer full of watercress chopped very finely, as one chops parsley

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92. are many kinds of meditation to begin with, but they all merge fi-

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93. if it’s something that you cannot afford to begin with

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94. To begin with, trust me, trust the

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95. This apartment wasn't mine to begin with, so if anyone should move, it should be me

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96. Maybe Jesus would have offered this homeless drunk a shower to begin with

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97. It seems that true spirituality has to begin with having a friend

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98. switches to begin with

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99. Beings desired and bought cars and ignited the need for their manufacture to begin with

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100. But what am I competing in? Why was I blogging to begin with? Yes, I do want this blog to let