Example sentences of "make a [adj] start " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd made my usual lousy start , Niki had made a reasonable one and Clay [ Regazzoni ] had made a super start . |
| 2 | Bridgend 's other scoring star , fly-half Aled Williams , has made a sparkling start to the season with 160 points from 12 games — including 23 against Cross Keys , 27 against London Welsh and 30 against Glamorgan Wanderers . |
| 3 | An International Centre for Educational Evaluation has been established in Ibadan and , though currently very understaffed , has made a useful start in mounting long training courses in evaluation and in undertaking evaluation of curriculum projects at the request of their organisers ( among which are the Namutamba and Ife projects described earlier in the chapter ) . |
| 4 | LIVERPOOL 'S under-11 side has made a mixed start to the schools cricket season . |
| 5 | Saddlers manager Kenny Hibbitt said : ‘ I always knew he had quality and he 's made a tremendous start to his career . ’ |
| 6 | Oh , lord , she inwardly groaned ; if this was Vendelin Gajdusek , then she had a rather unhappy feeling that she had made a terrible start ! |
| 7 | Livingstone himself had made a tentative start with the publication of the Londoner , a heavily subsidized but snappy tabloid free-sheet widely distributed throughout the GLC area . |
| 8 | On a good pitch , England struggled after Gooch and Larkins had made a solid start , and 188 for 8 was disappointing . |
| 9 | JOHN PARROTT , who won the European Open title last February , has made a disappointing start to the season and he suffered some anxious moments before clinching a 9-6 win over Dennis Taylor last night in the quarter-finals of the Everest World Matchplay Championship at Brentwood , writes Clive Everton . |
| 10 | Cricket now , and the quarter finals of the Nat West trophy , Northants have made a disappointing start . |
| 11 | Alesi had proved troublesome for Berger in the early stages after the Austrian had made a poor start and then spent several laps working his way past the Ferrari and Schumacher . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've made a poor start and we have worked out why . |
| 13 | Troop/Blumenthal made a poor start in the ladies ' K2 race . |
| 14 | Then we have made a new start . ’ |
| 15 | Since then I 've made a new start . ’ |
| 16 | Robson , who watched Rocastle last Saturday , said : ‘ He has made a good start to the season . |
| 17 | The South Africans nevertheless made a good start , reaching 79 for one in the 20th over , but the loss of the assured Hudson ( 50 in 66 balls ) and of Kirsten in the space of three overs left the middle order with a daunting task . |
| 18 | Begin keeping a record of all events at this point ; hopefully it wo n't be needed , but if it is you 've made a good start . |
| 19 | The PR Department had made a good start in the CASB period with Colonel Glass in charge . |
| 20 | Although he is cautious about predicting how rapidly or how strongly profits will grow in 1993 , he believes the UK business has made a good start to the year , with revenues from both consulting and recruitment ahead of budget . |
| 21 | Founded and endowed by Leo Bonn , a deaf merchant banker and financier , the bureau had made a good start , but went into decline during the war . |
| 22 | He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him . |
| 23 | We have made a good start . |
| 24 | He 's made a good start , now comes the big push . |
| 25 | More can be done and more is being done and we shall encourage the industry to go out and get more business wherever it is ; but it has made a good start . |
| 26 | Group managing director said that the overall Divisional result was good taking into account the difficult market conditions and added , ‘ We have made a good start to 1993 , although margins were under pressure in the animal feed business due to higher raw material prices ’ . |
| 27 | I note in particular the first meeting of the National Committee which I was glad to see made a good start . |
| 28 | Erm , and Penguin U S again have er , made a good start and the one area , David can talk about this better than I , but the one area that er , where there is an upturning in business activity and mo promise have come into the U S A. |
| 29 | Barwick had earlier made a spectacular start to this day , opening up with three straight birdies . |
| 30 | ‘ We have made a strong start to 1993 and we expect this positive trend to continue . |