The phrase "a starting point could be" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when suggesting an initial idea or suggestion for a discussion or project.
Example: "In planning our project, a starting point could be to outline our main objectives and goals."
Alternatives: "an initial suggestion might be" or "a possible beginning could be".
Mr. Schumer said a starting point could be developing office projects outside Manhattan through partnerships between government and private companies.
A starting point could be the proper understanding of the term "Cryo-" in the various compound words found in various disciplines.
It would therefore be advisable to model these receptors with a different binding site definition, a starting point could be the work by Surgand et al.[35].[35]
As some of the systems investigated have based their negotiation or discussion on theoretical models, our use of these as a starting point could be said to encompass these approaches.
A starting point could be, for example the M6 C domain of any glyco-NRPS.
In settings where the implementation of routine testing is challenging, a starting point could be the areas of highest HIV prevalence.
The starting point could be a new Presidential Joint Declaration by the United States and the Russian Federation declaring that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.
Some experts believe that identifying a conceptually-rich 'index paper' as the starting point could be the best strategy [ 16] – this was used in papers S6 and S24.
The starting point could be e.g. an entry in the futures table or a predefined goal that motivated the vision building exercise in the first place.
A starting point could to be to explore how new innovations could help to fill gaps in data for the new sustainable development goals, along the lines of the SDG data labs proposed by the Ieag report.
By boosting the circulation to 600,000 – described as potentially a "starting point" that could be increased at a later date – the Standard intends to get "back in the game" of classified and display advertising.
