Sentence examples similar to was to begin with inserted from inspiring English sources

The coalition was rocky to begin with.

It was old to begin with".

It was unnecessary to begin with.

It was curious to begin with.

It was small to begin with.

"Marley was dead: to begin with".

Flat panels are expensive to begin with.

Ordinary superconductivity is weird to begin with.

(Because it is Vancouver, to begin with).

"It was quite patchy to begin with.

"I was no supermodel to begin with".