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Starting and beginning
be in the first flush ofidiom
be/get in on the ground flooridiom
become
begin
branch out
develop
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here goes!idiom
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motion
sail in
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wheel

Examples of instituting

instituting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The culmination of a decade-long process of harmonization and negotiation, this invitation symbolized the success of these countries in instituting political democracies and market economies.
One can imagine instituting a process at a hospital where any time a case moves toward litigation, the parties are encouraged to try mediation first.
Instituting privately inflicted sanctions would thus challenge fundamental assumptions about the legal system.
One may expect changes in budgets (and, hence, charge-backs to artists) based on costs of maintaining traditional point-of-sale practices and instituting online ones.
These analyses also highlight the importance of instituting air travel restrictions quickly if they are used as a part of a containment strategy.
What hidden cost of instituting markets has been ignored?
Uncontrolled hyperkalaemia, acidosis and fluid overload are usually the reasons for instituting dialysis.
Finally, we hope that the new eye-catching design for the journal will help to symbolise the changes we are instituting.
The first can partly be overcome by instituting a system of certification in which the professional level of the certifier is included on the certificate.
It is essential to ascertain that the patient is well motivated to continue with exercises before instituting this treatment.
Macchiavelli also expressed pessimism about the chances of instituting a republic in an unconducive environment, or revitalising a republic where the people had grown corrupt.
Maasai resisted this second move by instituting court proceedings against the government.
Wodak's study suggested instituting periods between examinations for discussion of patients among medical staff; but this is primarily a change in institutional routines, not language.
There is no catch-all solution, however, to the problem of political liberalism, nor especially to the problem of instituting a politically liberal education in an often illiberal world.
Given that we are working within a utilitarian framework, we must consider the following question: what good can be supposed to arise from instituting and enforcing such a limiting policy?
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