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This is all part of the Pleistocene Ice Age, which began in earnest 2.5 million years ago.
which began in earnest two and a half million years ago. It's still going on,
Work began in earnest when Narendra Modi – then premier of Gujarat, now Prime Minister – laid the foundation on 31 October 2013,
but that was even less popular, so they kept going with the revised plan from Roh's administration, and work began in earnest in 2011.
Roh’s administration, and work began in earnest in 2011.
Bless those women; they never do anything by halves. They are always in earnest.
“No, no,” said Scrooge, “I am in earnest. Go and buy it, and tell ’em to bring it here,
And it was a really earnest kind of request.
I don't want to come off too earnest here, but we learn through interaction.
For better or for worse, the craze of films that adapted video game properties started in earnest with Super Mario Bros.
or more than just life is real and life is earnest. Libra doesn't like to get too, too
If you look at Velazquez's career, you see him transition from the decorative conventions of his time to an earnest revolutionary attempt to capture his impression of reality.
I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition,
And then my mind made its first earnest effort to comprehend what had been infused into it