Sentence examples for seen to begin with from inspiring English sources
In ancient China, for example, the emperor Shih huang-ti, a member of the Ch'in dynasty and ruler of the first unified Chinese empire, ordered that historical records other than those of the Ch'in be destroyed so that history might be seen to begin with his dynasty.
For Frege's puzzle, see, to begin with, Crimmins and Perry 1983, Richard 1983, Salmon 1986, Soames 1987 and 1989.
It depends what you saw in the picture to begin with.
As with the gorilla, if we are busy doing something else, we will remain largely unaware of the details and may even fail to realise we've seen something to begin with.
Who in their right mind would drive hours into the rural countryside to see it to begin with?
"I don't know if Roger saw him to begin with," Martinez said.
We couldn't see them to begin with: their blubbery hides were perfectly camouflaged against the brown-grey rock.
Naturally, the ninja can see camo to begin with.
Indeed, without an account of underlying causal structure, it becomes difficult to give a principled answer to the question why some conditions should be seen as pathological to begin with.
NO ONE wanted to see "The Interview" to begin with.
The other camp doesn't see a problem to begin with, resorting to denial and ridicule in order to make the first camp give up and go away.
