In recent years, with a method called VLBI that uses quasar observations, and by GPS we have begun to understand the absolute movement of tectonic plates.
まだ、完了と言うところまで行っていないが、そこそこ成果が出始めてきた。
It's not yet what you'd call finished but we're starting to get pretty good results.
来年末までで、ここで働き始めてどれくらいの期間になりますか。
How long will you have been working here by the end of next year?
名前を呼ばれた学生は試験を始めてください。
Those students whose names have been called will begin their exams.
壁からペンキが剥げ始めていた。
The paint was coming off the wall.
米国のペンフレンドと文通し始めて1年になる。
I have been corresponding with a pen pal in the USA for a year.
飛行機に乗ったのはそれが始めてでした。
That was the first time I had flown.
彼女は新しいオフィスの感じをつかみ始めていた。
She began to get the feel of her new office.
彼女は昨年始めて日本文化に触れた。
She first came into contact with Japanese culture last year.
彼らの案が通過しても、路線の建設を実際に始めてから様々な困難が出てくるであろう。
Even after being approved, difficulties might arise in the actual construction of the line.
彼は試験に落第して始めて自分に怠惰を後悔した。
He did not repent of his idleness till he failed in the examination.
彼はこの仕事を始めてから暮らし向きがよい。
He has been well off since he started this job.
彼なしで始めてもよかろう。
We may as well begin without him.
彼が本を読み始めてから2時間たった時に、彼女が入ってきた。
He had been reading for two hours when she came in.