Usage of "to begin with"

Portuguese

Before now.

Synonyms

Examples for "earlier"

Energy Future began work on a new bankruptcy plan earlier this year. 
 Reuters 

The change in investment strategy was agreed earlier this year, officials said. 
 Reuters 

State media outlet China National Radio reported the deal earlier this week. 
 Reuters 

Old, who walked the course earlier yesterday, said: The course is good. 
 The Irish Times 

However, the measure ran 4 per cent higher than a year earlier. 
 The Irish Times 

The companies originally said they expected to close the deal this year. 
 Reuters 

History: A field stone building, originally a home, built in the 1890s. 
 The ghost chronicles 

Thus the social idea and the national idea were originally intimately connected. 
 The War and Democracy 

She originally applied to study Law despite really wanting to study History. 
 BBC 

Hughes originally played for his home state before moving to South Australia. 
 The Guardian 

But I thought to ask him the question in the first place. 
 Burglars can't be choosers 

The hardest part, however, can be identifying abuse in the first place. 
 The Guardian 

Another strategy is to avoid the fees in the first place-ifpossible. 
 Reuters 

The question recurred: Why had he called Ullman in the first place? 
 The Shining 

And it set me asking questions about time in the first place. 
 Analog sff, december 2009 

Teachers might find it was extra work in the beginning, she said. 
 Radio NZ 

Todd Tucker: There definitely were challenges blending the family in the beginning. 
 Ebony 

That's why I brought up this whole citizenship question in the beginning. 
 A Case of Conscience 

Everyone puts their best foot forward in the beginning of any courtship. 
 Ebony 

Now the Pope had died in the beginning of the year 1513. 
 Erasmus and the Age of Reformation 

Usage of to begin with in English

In a good relationship, that value exists to begin with, Berger said. 
 Reuters 

The months ahead are likely to begin with an incredibly balanced approach. 
 The South African 

Any answer has to begin with the nature of Labour's current trouble. 
 The Guardian 

It's hard to understand why they brought this case to begin with. 
 The Guardian 

The months ahead are likely to begin with a wonderfully unexpected surprise. 
 The South African 

I just wonder what caused the fire to begin with, Alaythia said. 
 The saint of dragons 

He said negotiations are expected to begin with the Crown early 2015. 
 Radio NZ 

This particular road could never have been that important to begin with. 
 A nameless witch 

In a difficult group to begin with, they made another lacklustre start. 
 The Guardian 

Sure, it's often suggested I don't have any modesty to begin with. 
 News.com.au 

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol begins: Marley was dead: to begin with. 
 The Guardian 

Well, I wasn't very good to begin with, or at swordplay, either. 
 The Bone Doll's Twin 

An unexpected contact may require a cool headed response to begin with. 
 The South African 

And she might not have gotten into this situation to begin with. 
 Dante's numbers 

Why would Ledonne design and market such a game to begin with? 
 Wired 

Or maybe he had never paid it much attention to begin with. 
 Layover in dubai 

Translations for to begin with

Portuguese

Meanings of to begin with in English