The phrase "started to be recognized" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe a gradual process of being acknowledged or known by others. Example: After years of hard work, Jane's talents as a musician finally started to be recognized by the local music community.
On the upside, plastic pollution has at least started to be recognized as a serious issue.
Third-generation cellular networks are exposed to novel forms of denial-of-service attacks that only recently have started to be recognized and documented by the scientific community.
Now Mrs. Zizmor, whose name on her credit card already causes double takes, has started to be recognized in her own right.
With more of his music out there, Lauderdale started receiving jobs to collaborate with people such as Elvis Costello, and with the Buddy and Jim Show, a SiriusXM program he co-hosts each week with Buddy Miller, and he started to be recognized by people outside Nashville as representing the rich traditions of country's glory years.
In this regard, the main characters ("the protagonist" or "the hero") are started to be recognized.
Another goal of the entry is to establish the continuing relevance of his contributions to the philosophy of mathematics whose full significance has only started to be recognized.
Dev-ops and customer success management units are rare, but their roles are starting to be recognized and differentiated.
Though rare, units focused on ongoing product development and customer success are also starting to be recognized.
About a month ago, Mr. Brabender asked Mr. Santorum if he was starting to be recognized more when he walked alone through airports.
Jupyter notebooks are starting to be recognized as being great for teaching not just in the mathematical sciences but much more broadly as well… All of this is largely being done in an open source community.
We must try and solve this problem: dance is starting to be recognized as art.
