The phrase "a very late start" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where something begins significantly later than expected or planned.
Example: "Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had a very late start to the project, which affected our timeline."
Alternatives: "a significantly delayed start" or "an extremely late beginning."
It's, um, a very late start.
After a very late start -- my mother was 56 when her first book came out -- she got seven books published.
But with the entire Republican establishment arrayed against him, and with a very late start in organization, Mr. McCain made a contest of it.
But in this case, the investigators got a very late start on that element of the investigation, because it was handled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which initially suspected terrorism, until only recently.
Hip-hop had a very late start in Poland, with Liroy becoming the first Polish rapper to enjoy national success in 1993, although over the years he has become something of a parody of himself rather than a father figure.
Due to the extreme overcrowding mentioned above, the Texas implementation got off to a very late start.
From that tough and very late start in the sport, and through the trials of being an assistant, McDermott finally became a head coach when he took on the hardest job in Super League – Harlequins.
However prior to the switch many of these same students had very late start times and required child care before and after school.
And at a very late stage in her career she started understanding that everything she learned in making those movies could be put to use in more ambitious films, like the films of Stanley Kwan, the films of Wong Kar-wai". Mr. Assayas said that he tries to cast actors who do not merely embody his characters.
It can be assumed that if the diagnosis and the nearing death are only recognised at a late stage, palliative care is either started at a very late stage or not at all.
15, 16 Traditionally, Denmark has been very conservative with respect to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, and starting treatment at a very late stage of the disease was recommended until less than 15 years ago.
