Sentence examples for a small beginning from inspiring English sources

And as some Saudi analysts note, this is just a small beginning.

"It's a small beginning and a beginning that's been long in coming, and it's very little.

"I want to encourage young people and to send a message that from a small beginning you can make progress.

She graduated from high school in Oakland in 1919, by which time she had become an accomplished pianist and had made a small beginning toward her conducting career.

It's a small beginning, and hard to quantify, but it is some sort of move against suicide attacks in the neighbourhood.

That is only a small beginning, said Radikha Coomaraswamy, director of the International Center for Ethnic Studies in Colombo, adding that there will have to be a major international presence in Tiger territory.

This is a very small beginning, but it's an important one...

"It's a very small beginning," General Musharraf said of India's announcement on Monday that it would allow Pakistan to resume civilian flights through its airspace.

For actuarial reasons it’s often a winning bet to take a large Social Security payment beginning at age 70 rather than a small one beginning at age 62.

But General Petraeus's apparent agreement to a small withdrawal beginning early next year could fit into a narrow consensus that is beginning to emerge on Capitol Hill.

But that spring, Cohen helped him plan a small tour, beginning in Oklahoma and moving to the West Coast.