Sentence examples for a substantial start from inspiring English sources

He teamed up with City Harvest and donated a substantial start up fee.

Seven months later, the government has yet to rule whether or not the two building foundations represent a "substantial start".

The holiday season is already off to a powerful start, with a substantial jump in a number of categories, including toys, books, music, apparel, video and consumer electronics, according to Nielsen/NetRatings' newly launched Holiday E-Commerce Index.

But the company, with revenues of $37 million in fiscal 1997, has yet to turn a profit, in part because of the substantial start up costs associated with opening a new school -- about $1.5 million for teacher training, computers and books.

Ms. McCaskill was one of 17 Senate Democrats to endorse Mr. Obama, compared with 13 for Mrs. Clinton, who had a substantial head start on her rival until Iowa.

"We need a clean break from the past," said Mr. Shadegg, who entered the race five days after his two competitors, giving them a substantial head start.

Caveats aside, Mr. Obama has a substantial head start in organizing a general election get-out-the-vote operation, particularly in the number of field offices he has established.

And he would need to do so despite Mr. Romney having accumulated what is almost certainly a substantial head start in early voting.

Whatever worries his trainer, Graham Motion, had about Animal Kingdom's handling the surface known as Big Sandy were erased as the colt appeared to grow stronger with every stride, eventually blowing by a stablemate, Corredor Dela Isla, who had been given a substantial head start.

By using digital resources now to build small businesses, this generation can get a substantial head start on the growth and scale of their potential careers.

And because it's already widely used by software developers, Java has a built-in community of supporters, giving Sun a substantial head start over Qualcomm.