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The phrase "started to operate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in a variety of contexts, but it is most commonly used to describe the beginning of an action or process. Example: The engineer started to operate the machine, carefully following the instructions in the manual.
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The Iranians have just barely started to operate these machines.
Doctors have already started to operate on extremely heavy teenagers, not just adults.
TV shows, like the rest of the world, started to operate at a frenetic pace.
First proposed in 1992, it started to operate ten years ago.
In 1991 it joined the International GPS Service IGSS) and started to operate as a permanent in 1993.
It was imperative, though, that they started to operate with less constraint.
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Diminishing returns quickly start to operate.
But what is left of the old civil service may be starting to operate better again.
tracks when pari-mutuel machines will start to operate next Monday.
This is particularly important when Western managers start to operate outside North America and Europe.
Cancer cells do not respond to these regulations and as a result energy generating pathways start to operate independently.
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