Sentence examples for had just commenced from inspiring English sources

NATO, against Russia's wishes, had just commenced bombing Belgrade.

China's military exercise, Shalikashvili said, had just commenced the first of four phases -- strategic missile strike.

In the same year, the Australian Radio Research Board (ARRB) was established (White and Huxley 1975), following the British precedent (RRB-UK) which had just commenced research on the ionosphere, now a prestigious and autonomous discipline.

The group had just commenced working when they were attacked by a band of Kickapoo warriors.

When bolting had just commenced, i.e. at stage 5.10, fully expanded rosette leaves of plants in generation 1, 8, 15 and the reciprocal sowing experiment were respectively sampled for the analysis of stomatal density and leaf ultrastructure according to previous reports [27].

When bolting had just commenced (i.e. stage 5.10) [ 22], the leaves were sampled for the following analyses, with all analyses repeated on five plants.

In honour of his approaching centenary, the Brooklyn Academy of Music have just commenced a major de Oliveira retrospective, comprising 18 films, including his latest, 2007's Christopher Columbus - The Enigma, in which he contemplates the explorer's Portuguese origins.

"As exams have just commenced we are already looking forward to the end of term and thus, the idea of the muddy duck 'two dayer' has been born," it said.

China has just commenced its plan for integrated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area (the so-called Jing-Jin-Ji region of 130 million people), and neighbouring areas will take over many administrative functions from Beijing.

Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed the shoot's start saying: "Filming of Star Wars: Episode VIII, the next chapter of the legendary saga, has just commenced and it will be in theaters December 2017".

The company would be advised against resting on its hard-won laurels: A new carrier named SuperOnline has just commenced a massive advertising campaign.