Sentence examples for started with a minor from inspiring English sources

Thomas Bjorn Ryder Cup appearances: 2 Wins: 2 (1997, 2002) A chequered career in the Ryder Cup started with a minor role at Valderrama in 1997 before a fruitful partnership with Clarke in 2002.

Given Mr Hussein's involvement in far more heinous crimes, including the gassing, slaughtering and torturing to death of some 300,000 of his fellow Iraqis, it may seem odd to have started with a minor case.

The 2011 eruptive activity started with a minor phreatomag-matic eruption on January 19 , 2011 which was followed by sub-Plinian eruptions on January 26 27 , 2011

At huge corporations, corruption usually develops slowly, incrementally, starting with a minor crossing of the line.

But if so, someone in her department evidently failed to brief her on one of its own cases (still "not fit for purpose" eh?) I'll start with a minor point: the man, a Bolivian, was not an "illegal immigrant".

He had started with a Bach Toccata, the E minor BWV 914, a model of articulacy and rhythmic precision, and moved on to Beethoven's E flat Sonata Op 27 No 1, in which every element in its seamless structure was given perfect weight and significance.

The story starts with a fairly minor event.

His String Quartet No 2, written in 1908 in the middle of an extreme marital and psychological crisis, starts with a richly harmonised minor key melody which would not have frightened Brahms.

It starts with a three chord minor sequence which changes to a four chord one during the chorus section and a bass section starts at the end of the track.

The least-pressured way for a singer to make a debut at the Metropolitan Opera is to start small with a minor role, get the jitters out, then take on bigger assignments.

As I mentioned, international studies show that children who become persistent offenders started young and started with minor crimes.