The phrase "action at the beginning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an event or activity that occurs at the start of a process or narrative.
Example: "The action at the beginning of the movie sets the tone for the rest of the story."
Alternatives: "initial action" or "opening action".
After staff voted for industrial action at the beginning of September, BBC News bosses began working out contingency plans.
The preparation of food is the main action at the beginning of the show, which is set in and around a black family's kitchen.
"If things go well, by the end of Friday we will present a draft and we expect action at the beginning of next week," he said.
Bolder action at the beginning might have nipped the crisis in the bud, says Jürgen Trittin, a leading Green; instead Mrs Merkel "always delays, then eventually does what we said".
Once it comes into action at the beginning of 2014, the country will also require websites to remove links to material that infringes copyright, even if the websites themselves don't make money from the infringement.
Unemployed workers have three possible courses of action at the beginning of period a: search for a new job, remain unemployed without searching (non-participation) or retire immediately.
Strive to structure your sentence so the person or thing that takes the action appears at the beginning.
Hextall was given a 12-game suspension for his actions, at the beginning of the 1989 90 season.
Meanwhile, today's action at the Crucible begins at 10 00 BST, with the resumption of Ding Junhui v Mark Davis Daviss leads 4-3) and the start of Mark Allen's match with Ryan Day.
Its democratic input may seem to have settled at a low point, but it seems a good example of the creative commons in action, and it is only at the beginning stages.
