From the 15th century, however, the Ruthenian element began to prevail.

The elements of the story now begin to come together.

"It was only over the last fifty years or so that elements of both factions began trying to bring their people together again."

During the 1990s, certain specialized elements of the county and city police departments began joint operations.

Indeed, three elements began to sink into the investor psyche yesterday.

With an effort he drew his thoughts together as an element of a plan began to form.

Lead elements of the 5th Mountain began to land.

I could see where random elements began to enter the sequence.

Individual drama moved to the foreground, and the human element began to dominate.

Without real attention, their most exposed (and hard to reach) elements began to fail.