By the beginning of the 21st century, most large manufacturing enterprises were still owned or operated by the state, although the government had begun to sell substantial holdings to the private sector.
By late 2014, newspapers and TV networks had begun to dedicate substantial time to the subject of excessive force routinely used by police against black people, and to the protest movement that grew in the wake of these incidents.
Though the number of dead animals had begun to taper off, substantial decreases in dolphin fertility persisted.
As Brexit fallout continued to spread, there were signs that Paris had begun manoeuvring to attract the substantial euro clearing business currently carried out in the City.
It became very clear to health professionals and scientists that scientific studies of the environmental and health dangers... had begun to emerge in a substantial way.
Three countries – United States (US), United Kingdom, and Germany – had made substantial progress; Japan and Canada had begun implementation efforts [ 16].
Sunderland had begun to look as though their vague threat might become something more substantial.
In Ontario, for example, substantial work had already been undertaken by the Ministry of Health and in the UK the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) had begun similar work in 2005.
He has begun receiving "substantial royalties from Japan, out of the blue".
The irony is that, just as Bulgaria has begun receiving substantial external support for receiving refugees, it has also elected to stop letting them in.
