It's our intention to ensure that this is the commencement of a process".
We are, it may be said, at the commencement of a new era.
The bank had been summoned to appear before French magistrates for "possible commencement of a criminal investigation".
"Each waking is really like a new dawn that's a bit like the commencement of a new person," Chalmers has said.
The return to Champions League football [this season], as well as the commencement of a number of significant commercial partnerships, will only strengthen the business in 2015-16.
The early spring of 431 B.C. witnessed, at Athens, the outbreak of a great war, the commencement of a great book, and the première of a great play.
Most rituals mark off a particular time of the day, month, year, stage in life, or commencement of a new event or vocation.
"The return to Champions League football, as well as the commencement of a number of significant commercial partnerships, will only strengthen the business in 2015-16.
That, he said, is because a service provided to a tenant at the commencement of a tenancy -- including the right to use an air-conditioner without having to pay a surcharge -- cannot be withdrawn by the landlord.
The new faces at board level and in the dugout failed to lift the gloom and the 1999-2000 season marked the commencement of a period of decline for Barcelona.
By Daniel Mendelsohn The early spring of 431 B.C. witnessed, at Athens, the outbreak of a great war, the commencement of a great book, and the première of a great play.
