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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are for a start" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce an initial point or reason in a discussion or argument.
Example: "There are several reasons why we should consider this proposal; the financial benefits are for a start."
Alternatives: "to begin with" or "initially".
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There are, for a start, the DMCA and other laws which limit tinkering.
He doesn't know how much the sausages are, for a start.
There are, for a start, two versions of forest history: one cannot be true, but the other may be.
That is a good thing, since they are, for a start, essential to large sectors of the economy, beginning with the food supply — the Department of Labor calculates that more than half the crop pickers in the United States are undocumented.
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There are, for a start, huge pension obligations.
He is, for a start, courageous.
There is, for a start, the title.
It is, for a start, maddeningly self-righteous.
The Brits were for a start, the Brits England sort of Scotland I should say.
It is, for a start, a statistician's paradise, and one of Bryson's talents is his way with numbers.
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