Sentence examples for had begun operating from inspiring English sources
Although the Bailey mine had begun operating a decade before, most of the surrounding valleys were still open land.
Col. Oliver North was briefed on Mr. Seal's contention that the cartel had begun operating in Sandinista Nicaragua.
The elder Bent, along with the firm's late co-founder, Henry Brown, had invented the money-market fund, in 1970, and the company's Primary Fund had begun operating in 1971.
There were also reports that North Korea had begun operating its nuclear reprocessing plant at Yongbyon, which is capable of producing enough plutonium to make a bomb a year.
A second team of doctors had begun operating on the intended recipient of the organs about three hours before they received word of the crash and halted the procedure.
His suspicions grew when he later learned that a white hake fishery had begun operating in the waters around Jeffrey's Bank, using new "rock hopper" gear--a set of large balls or rollers that ride the ocean floor, dragging nets to scoop up hake and other bottom-dwellers.
Several members of this group were part of Germany's biogas pioneers who had began operating biogas plants long before the German Renewable Energy Law began providing financial support.
More than 60 telecommunications companies -- including WorldCom, the cable television operator NTL and Esat -- have begun operating in Ireland since Eircom lost its state-sponsored monopoly almost two years ago.
In the last year, LivingSocial, Gilt City and BuyWithMe have begun operating in the local advertising space.
A1 The Israeli government has begun operating its own Arabic-language satellite television station.
