embark on/upon something

Examples of embarking

embarking

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

Before embarking on the proof, we note a few points about the axioms.
Individual countries are bound to measure the local costs and benefits first before embarking on the measurement of benefits and costs at the global perspective.
Before embarking on specific fitness functions, let us state a fairly general result here.
It was clear that today's orchestral players wanted their students to be better informed than they themselves had felt on embarking in the profession.
It begins by reviewing preliminary requirements in first-order and second-order logic before embarking on situation logic.
This is a time when many of these couples were embarking on married life.
Issues that the team were cognisant of before embarking on the research are discussed, as well as the strategies put in place to address them.
Yet, in embarking upon a programme of reform, the association could not rely upon its members to accept or indeed adopt these reforms.
A main theme here is the problem of embarking on an optimal strategy in a situation with multiple decision-makers.
Young people embarking on marriage and the rearing of a family should have in mind the factors likely to lead to stability in marriage.
Before embarking on an account of how simulation studies have been based upon known channel structures, a word of caution.
There is abundant evidence now that neonatal brains are embarking on changes in organization that are highly responsive to stimulation from caregivers.
The children in the two settings were embarking on literacy acquisition and learning to read in very different writing systems.
The phrase 'not more than' highlights the uncertainty and limitation that state agencies felt on embarking upon any stern police action.
Some, no doubt, felt that he would do better to stick to exploration than embarking on this new career in the limelight.
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