diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/DictionaryFacilitator.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/DictionaryFacilitator.java
index eced45e..0f09daf 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/DictionaryFacilitator.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/DictionaryFacilitator.java
@@ -595,8 +595,9 @@
             final PrevWordsInfo prevWordsInfo, final ProximityInfo proximityInfo,
             final SettingsValuesForSuggestion settingsValuesForSuggestion, final int sessionId) {
         final DictionaryGroup[] dictionaryGroups = mDictionaryGroups;
-        final SuggestionResults suggestionResults =
-                new SuggestionResults(SuggestedWords.MAX_SUGGESTIONS);
+        final SuggestionResults suggestionResults = new SuggestionResults(
+                SuggestedWords.MAX_SUGGESTIONS,
+                prevWordsInfo.mPrevWordsInfo[0].mIsBeginningOfSentence);
         final float[] languageWeight = new float[] { Dictionary.NOT_A_LANGUAGE_WEIGHT };
         for (final DictionaryGroup dictionaryGroup : dictionaryGroups) {
             for (final String dictType : DICT_TYPES_ORDERED_TO_GET_SUGGESTIONS) {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
index 4757820..33f0d55 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
@@ -1516,19 +1516,23 @@
         final boolean isEmptyApplicationSpecifiedCompletions =
                 currentSettingsValues.isApplicationSpecifiedCompletionsOn()
                 && suggestedWords.isEmpty();
-        final boolean noSuggestionsToShow = (SuggestedWords.EMPTY == suggestedWords)
+        final boolean noSuggestionsFromDictionaries = (SuggestedWords.EMPTY == suggestedWords)
                 || suggestedWords.isPunctuationSuggestions()
                 || isEmptyApplicationSpecifiedCompletions;
-        if (shouldShowImportantNotice && noSuggestionsToShow) {
+        final boolean isBeginningOfSentencePrediction = (suggestedWords.mInputStyle
+                == SuggestedWords.INPUT_STYLE_BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE_PREDICTION);
+        final boolean noSuggestionsToOverrideImportantNotice = noSuggestionsFromDictionaries
+                || isBeginningOfSentencePrediction;
+        if (shouldShowImportantNotice && noSuggestionsToOverrideImportantNotice) {
             if (mSuggestionStripView.maybeShowImportantNoticeTitle()) {
                 return;
             }
         }
 
         if (currentSettingsValues.isSuggestionsEnabledPerUserSettings()
-                // We should clear suggestions if there is no suggestion to show.
-                || noSuggestionsToShow
-                || currentSettingsValues.isApplicationSpecifiedCompletionsOn()) {
+                || currentSettingsValues.isApplicationSpecifiedCompletionsOn()
+                // We should clear the contextual strip if there is no suggestion from dictionaries.
+                || noSuggestionsFromDictionaries) {
             mSuggestionStripView.setSuggestions(suggestedWords,
                     SubtypeLocaleUtils.isRtlLanguage(mSubtypeSwitcher.getCurrentSubtype()));
         }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
index 4ad5ba6..1ecc995 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Suggest.java
@@ -188,8 +188,14 @@
             suggestionsList = suggestionsContainer;
         }
 
-        final int inputStyle = resultsArePredictions ? SuggestedWords.INPUT_STYLE_PREDICTION :
-                inputStyleIfNotPrediction;
+        final int inputStyle;
+        if (resultsArePredictions) {
+            inputStyle = suggestionResults.mIsBeginningOfSentence
+                    ? SuggestedWords.INPUT_STYLE_BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE_PREDICTION
+                    : SuggestedWords.INPUT_STYLE_PREDICTION;
+        } else {
+            inputStyle = inputStyleIfNotPrediction;
+        }
         callback.onGetSuggestedWords(new SuggestedWords(suggestionsList,
                 suggestionResults.mRawSuggestions,
                 // TODO: this first argument is lying. If this is a whitelisted word which is an
@@ -244,6 +250,8 @@
 
         // In the batch input mode, the most relevant suggested word should act as a "typed word"
         // (typedWordValid=true), not as an "auto correct word" (willAutoCorrect=false).
+        // Note that because this method is never used to get predictions, there is no need to
+        // modify inputType such in getSuggestedWordsForNonBatchInput.
         callback.onGetSuggestedWords(new SuggestedWords(suggestionsContainer,
                 suggestionResults.mRawSuggestions,
                 true /* typedWordValid */,
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestedWords.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestedWords.java
index dcfaa3f..3eefafc 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestedWords.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/SuggestedWords.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     public static final int INPUT_STYLE_APPLICATION_SPECIFIED = 4;
     public static final int INPUT_STYLE_RECORRECTION = 5;
     public static final int INPUT_STYLE_PREDICTION = 6;
+    public static final int INPUT_STYLE_BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE_PREDICTION = 7;
 
     // The maximum number of suggestions available.
     public static final int MAX_SUGGESTIONS = 18;
@@ -80,10 +81,9 @@
             final int inputStyle,
             final int sequenceNumber) {
         this(suggestedWordInfoList, rawSuggestions,
-                (suggestedWordInfoList.isEmpty() || INPUT_STYLE_PREDICTION == inputStyle) ? null
+                (suggestedWordInfoList.isEmpty() || isPrediction(inputStyle)) ? null
                         : suggestedWordInfoList.get(INDEX_OF_TYPED_WORD).mWord,
-                typedWordValid, willAutoCorrect, isObsoleteSuggestions, inputStyle,
-                sequenceNumber);
+                typedWordValid, willAutoCorrect, isObsoleteSuggestions, inputStyle, sequenceNumber);
     }
 
     public SuggestedWords(final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> suggestedWordInfoList,
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
         return "SuggestedWords:"
                 + " mTypedWordValid=" + mTypedWordValid
                 + " mWillAutoCorrect=" + mWillAutoCorrect
+                + " mInputStyle=" + mInputStyle
                 + " words=" + Arrays.toString(mSuggestedWordInfoList.toArray());
     }
 
@@ -386,8 +387,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private static boolean isPrediction(final int inputStyle) {
+        return INPUT_STYLE_PREDICTION == inputStyle
+                || INPUT_STYLE_BEGINNING_OF_SENTENCE_PREDICTION == inputStyle;
+    }
+
     public boolean isPrediction() {
-        return INPUT_STYLE_PREDICTION == mInputStyle;
+        return isPrediction(mInputStyle);
     }
 
     // SuggestedWords is an immutable object, as much as possible. We must not just remove
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/SuggestionResults.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/SuggestionResults.java
index eaa5743..d6f6442 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/SuggestionResults.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/SuggestionResults.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
 /**
@@ -31,14 +30,17 @@
  */
 public final class SuggestionResults extends TreeSet<SuggestedWordInfo> {
     public final ArrayList<SuggestedWordInfo> mRawSuggestions;
+    // TODO: Instead of a boolean , we may want to include the context of this suggestion results,
+    // such as {@link PrevWordsInfo}.
+    public final boolean mIsBeginningOfSentence;
     private final int mCapacity;
 
-    public SuggestionResults(final int capacity) {
-        this(sSuggestedWordInfoComparator, capacity);
+    public SuggestionResults(final int capacity, final boolean isBeginningOfSentence) {
+        this(sSuggestedWordInfoComparator, capacity, isBeginningOfSentence);
     }
 
-    public SuggestionResults(final Comparator<SuggestedWordInfo> comparator,
-            final int capacity) {
+    private SuggestionResults(final Comparator<SuggestedWordInfo> comparator,
+            final int capacity, final boolean isBeginningOfSentence) {
         super(comparator);
         mCapacity = capacity;
         if (ProductionFlags.INCLUDE_RAW_SUGGESTIONS) {
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
         } else {
             mRawSuggestions = null;
         }
+        mIsBeginningOfSentence = isBeginningOfSentence;
     }
 
     @Override