Example sentences of "get off to [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed a near miracle that it got off to a relatively smooth start , politically speaking , in 1921–2 . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , RUC 's bid to capture one of the few trophies to have eluded them in junior soccer got off to a much more convincing start as they trounced Harland and Wolff Welders in the first round of the cup competition . |
| 3 | The Pizza Express London league got off to an early start this year with a shortened programme . |
| 4 | What has been designated Industry Year has got off to a predictably silly start . |
| 5 | Many a Jewish courtship has got off to a somewhat greasy start over pickled brisket sandwiches and chips on fine evenings outside the deli . |
| 6 | I feel the Trust has got off to a very good start under your directorship . |
| 7 | On Community Action , this is an employment service programme , er , it 's got off to a very slow start . |
| 8 | Few mystical treatises get off to a more intriguing start than The Fire of Love , which describes the first time Rolle became aware of a heat in his breast which , he insists , was not imaginary or metaphorical but which could be felt as a finger felt the heat of the flames in which it had been thrust . |
| 9 | But he knew his chief 's dislike of unnecessary chat , and strapped as they were side by side in uncomfortably close proximity in the Enstrom F28 , he decided that the Chevisham case would get off to the most propitious start by a policy of disciplined silence . |