Sentence examples for better at the start from inspiring English sources

Jacques Lemaire, coach of the Wild, reflected grimly that his team was better at the start of the game.

Indiana wasn't much better at the start, but after the first few minutes the Hoosiers began hitting their shots while the Wolverines never recovered.

Two moves by Mondelo -- replacing Paul Dougherty with Mike Sorber and Arley Palacios with Brian Kelly -- made the MetroStars better at the start of the second half.

The Greeks looked better at the start of the second half, and equalized when Samaras knocked the ball past Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer after a perfect cross from Dimitris Salpigidis.

They were better at the start of the second half, with Jermain Defoe, preferred to Soldado against his former club, which still loves to hate him, going close to the opening goal.

Cafe Luxembourg is a Lynn Wagenknecht restaurant, an association I mention because I like most of her restaurants — the Odeon, Cafe Cluny — better at the start of the day than at the end.

We have become better at identifying the start of epidemics, observing their passage, measuring their impact, charting their spread and counting the bodies.

Mr. Malloy was better known at the start of the race.

After the first two months of their exercise program, the exercising volunteers (all of them women) were sleeping no better than at the start of the study.

By the end of the year, my English was a million times better than at the start, but it still wasn't perfect.

The heat was on both sides as Gloucester were one place above the Chiefs in fifth and one point better off at the start, having beaten Sale Sharks last week.