Example sentences of "have make a [adj] start " in BNC.

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1 LIVERPOOL 'S under-11 side has made a mixed start to the schools cricket season .
2 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 ) .
3 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 .
4 Robson , who watched Rocastle last Saturday , said : ‘ He has made a good start to the season .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Whatever the rights and wrongs of a sad situation , the fact remains that the club has made a dreadful start this season — winning only four of their first 13 games .
9 In essence Bob Mould has made a fresh start , even if it 's a wary one .
10 DISGRACED Olympic sprinter Jason Livingstone has made a false start in his bid to become a professional footballer .
11 Robert Williams has made a bright start to the season and can continue the good work by winning the Jonnie Mullings Memorial Handicap for his new main owner Lord Matthews .
12 The astute Mr Quiles has made a promising start .
13 Local driver David Oates from Four Marks , Alton has made a promising start to his first season competing in the prestigious Group N British Saloon Car Championship .
14 He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him .
15 The BBC told him he 'd made a promising start .
16 ‘ One 's whole life is just a perpetual traffic between the grimness of reality and one 's fleeting dream of happiness , ’ Tchaikovsky had said , who had perished by being shopped by a forgotten grey jurist , who considered him a disgrace to the Legal Profession ( because he was gay ) , Tchaikovsky having made a false start in law .
17 The general may have made a false start , but his was a worthwhile beginning .
18 ‘ I do n't seem to have made a brilliant start so far — getting lost and being late on my first day must be something of a record ! ’
19 ‘ We 've made a poor start and we have worked out why .
20 Since then I 've made a new start . ’
21 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 .
22 They 've made a great start , but five shots after one round is nothing in this tournament . ’
23 ‘ It sounds as if you 've made a promising start .
24 ‘ We 've made a positive start , but there is a long way to go .
25 On a good pitch , England struggled after Gooch and Larkins had made a solid start , and 188 for 8 was disappointing .
26 I 'd made my usual lousy start , Niki had made a reasonable one and Clay [ Regazzoni ] had made a super start .
27 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 .
28 The PR Department had made a good start in the CASB period with Colonel Glass in charge .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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