"a high starting point" is grammatically correct and a common phrase in written English.
It refers to beginning something at a high level or with great advantage. One could use this phrase in a professional setting, such as discussing a project or goal: "Due to our team's extensive experience and resources, we have a high starting point for this project and I believe we can achieve great success."
Of course, the figure would come down if more patients were treated, he said, but from a high starting point.
Schalke are in a back five with a forward three looking to counter City from a high starting point.
As for the results from the LC formative tests (quizzes) obtained after the ICC lessons, it was found that learners' LC progressed gradually during the course, albeit the learners' pre-test scores (( overline{mathrm{X}} ) = 5.37) were at a high starting point.
There is not necessarily a relationship between the two; an athlete with a high start point might have a low ceiling.
But the rising level gives a higher starting point for the storm surges and big waves that can overwhelm coastal defences.
This characteristic of wage movements puts a floor under prices and provides a higher starting point for the next upward movement, so that the fluctuations of monetary demand impose a rising trend on prices.
But the probable outcome of setting a higher starting point for the spending levels and a lower growth rate would be smaller cuts in the beginning, bigger cuts afterwards, a quick appraisal from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said Monday.
Hence, with no further actions to raise revenues and reduce entitlement spending, the public debt ratio would start rising again -- and this time, from a relatively high starting point.
In a Wednesday press call introducing the poll results, Hart Research president Geoffrey Garin said the willingness to pay more was "a remarkably high starting point" when compared to how customers have typically reacted to possible rate increases for electric or natural gas service.
