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commencing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
His creatures are interactive with other machines, commencing with simple patterns of behaviour and evolving to more complex ones.
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Thus, for example, for the group of unions commencing 10 years ago, information is available only on those that are still intact.
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We stressed that involvement was optional before commencing interviews and through an introductory letter.
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The second special ethical problem facing the animal researcher commencing an experiment is that the hoped-for benefits of the research still lie in the future.
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Observations were made at midday (with recording commencing 15 min before) and at dusk for both species.
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Then, commencing in 1998, we will move to a schedule of publication of six issues per volume.
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It is important to take into account both the age of the patient and symptoms before commencing thyroxine therapy.
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Maximum follow-up from the time of commencing treatment was 5.9 years with a median of 1.3 years.
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Most states had explicit requirements regarding how much stock had to be subscribed, and how much actually had to be paid in before commencing business.
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Before commencing the test, they were shown a correctly completed example.
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The human tourist invokes an instance of a tourist software agent on commencing a consultation session.
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Any food intake commencing after this time was considered to be calorie intake after the evening meal.
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Levels of attrition from referral for counselling to commencing were relatively high (188 invitations: 89 took up counselling).
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Three pairs of shallow lateral glabellar furrows developed, all commencing at axial furrows.
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Before commencing the experiment, the participants were asked to repeat each word in order to test the reproduction of the items.
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