Sentence examples for controversial start from inspiring English sources

The game got off to a controversial start when Barry Corr appeared to elbow Millwall defender Jack Smith but referee James Adcock opted to wave play on.

Brown, 24, got a somewhat controversial start in Nashville because he became famous singing cover songs on Facebook, and the town doesn't always trust the whims of social media.

Allen also touched on his marriage to Soon-Yi Previn which, despite its controversial start – they have a 35-year age gap and she was the adopted daughter of his then long-term partner Mia Farrow – has been one of Hollywood's most enduring.

In Northamptonshire, Simmonds made a controversial start as PCC, coming under fire for employing friends, but has pledged to cut violent crime by 40% and has now advised chief constable Adrian Lee on measures to tackle domestic violence, including increasing that low arrest rate.

Scala insisted he was happy to feed into Carrard's process, which got off to a controversial start when he appeared to back the outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter and criticise football in the US, but said time was of the essence in implementing reforms before February's election.

Mr. Zardari, 53, took the oath of office from Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, a controversial start to his rule because Mr. Dogar was appointed under an emergency decree by the former president, Pervez Musharraf, and has remained in place with Mr. Zardari's support.

Napster, the controversial start-up, says its file-sharing service lets Internet users swap music online.

In its current iteration, 2013's most controversial start-up is basically a minor dating app.

Media mogul Barry Diller is again out making the case for Aereo, the controversial start-up company that transmits local broadcast signals via the Internet.

Another day at the World Championships; another controversial false start.

His approach was extremely controversial to start with.