But United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the Copenhagen Accord is only a beginning.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

But both he and U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the agreement provides a hopeful beginning.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

But food is just the beginning. Marty Ross works for the United Soybean Board which is a U.S.trade group.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

But things are beginning to look up. Carefully,cautiously, we can say that there is a break in the clouds,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

but for most this was a unique opportunity to celebrate the beginning of holy week alongside the Church hierarchy, including the Pope.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

But U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told delegates at the conference that this transition is not an ending, but rather,a new beginning.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

But it is just the beginning. We have a ways to go. Unemployment is high and still rising.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Beginning treatment when CD4 drops to 200 works well, but a team of Haitian and American doctors at the GHESKIO clinic in Port-au-Prince wanted to see if they could do better.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21