Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [adj] start to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once herbs are in place , and you have ensured a good start to their lives with properly prepared soil and the right planting technique , there is little more to do . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ We have made a strong start to 1993 and we expect this positive trend to continue . |
| 4 | Manager Wilkinson 's Leeds team have made a stuttering start to the season and Saunders will be hoping to capi-talise on a jittery defence . |
| 5 | Instead he will join First Division big spenders Derby , who have made a disastrous start to their multi-million pound promotion campaign . |
| 6 | as if 24-17 and derisive chants of ‘ Easy , easy ’ were not bad enough , this humiliation was against a side who have made a wretched start to the season — a week earlier Pontypool had given them a 35-6 going-over — and were short of at least half-a-dozen first-choice players . |
| 7 | Looking forward , we have made an encouraging start to the year with buoyant export sales . |
| 8 | That Shelford has a few doubters to disprove is cold comfort to Cardiff , who have had an unconvincing start to the season and whose main hope is to catch the tourists either cold or rusty after a lay-off which for most has lasted all of a fortnight . |