Sentence examples for it began relatively from inspiring English sources

It began relatively small — a diplomatic crisis involving Corinth, a Spartan ally; some low-level combat in a town near Athens — but metastasized into a conflict that lasted nearly three decades, involved numerous states, and resulted, finally, in the defeat of Athens and the abolition of its democratic institutions.

It begins relatively serenely, with a gentle portrayal of communal life in Beah's home village.

In keeping with the court's general reluctance to interfere with the president's war-making powers, its rulings in the war on terror began relatively modestly.

The apparent decrease in the learning rate was consistent with a statistical model of optimal estimation that began relatively unsure, but became progressively certain of its estimates.

Japan also experienced a mild depression, which began relatively late and ended relatively early.

France and Germany, both aware of the military potential of aircraft, began relatively large-scale manufacturing around 1909.

Modern Dutch industrial development began relatively late, about 1870, and production rose even during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Thus, when Mr. Cullen's lawyer said in December that his client was willing to cooperate with investigators if they would spare his life, plea negotiations began relatively quickly.

Immigration from the developing world began relatively late in Norway, in the 1990s, and some have found the transition from a largely homogenous to a more multi-cultural society difficult, Anders Behring Breivik amongst them.

An uprising that began relatively peacefully in March has grown markedly more violent, with Friday's bloody episode and bolder insurgent attacks punctuating a landscape roiled by antigovernment protests that again showed new momentum.

Exploration of Egypt, however, began relatively late, the books by Danish traveler Frederick Norden (1737), who ventured as far as Nubia, and the Englishman Richard Pococke (1743) being among the earliest presenting firsthand information about Egypt.