The phrase "started the operation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which somebody begins an activity or plan of action. For example, "The surgeon started the operation to remove the tumor."
In addition, the surgeon had not been told there was no blood supply avaliable until he had already started the operation.
Documents submitted to the subcommittee showed that the company's lawyers had started the operation before informing Ms. Dunn of it, although the efforts were known internally by the name of a Hawaiian resort, Kona.
Interpol said it started the operation in mid-February following a series of coordinated cyber attacks against Spanish political parties' Web sites; Colombia's defense ministry and presidential Web sites; Chile's national library; Endesa, a Chilean electricity company; and other targets.
Mr. DeBaggio, 60, started the operation in a little greenhouse at the family home in Arlington, Va., added greenhouses to the backyard, then moved a few years ago, to a five-acre remnant of an old farm in Chantilly.
He said the American unit that conducted the raid had called the police chief of Imam Sahib when it started the operation and specifically told the police not to go to the area.
Mr. da Silva, left, formally started the operation of an offshore platform as his government seeks a greater share of the wealth it hopes will help lift millions out of poverty and expand Brazil's economy.
He offers to split the prize money, and Postpistle starts the operation.
"We need the battery to start the operation, for sensing, and to store data," Dr. Seidowski said.
The provisioning is invoked by the pVM which starts the operation of the provisioner.
TEPCO was planning to start the operation shortly after Science went to press.
The first data (Table 2) were obtained at 2 h after starting the operation.
