Sentence examples for were at the start from inspiring English sources

We were at the start of an economic downturn.

It felt like we were at the start of a race.

"But we're a little bit closer than we were at the start of the day".

Ten-year yields are significantly higher than they were at the start of November.

Share prices are roughly where they were at the start of the year.

In Germany and Japan yields are still lower than they were at the start of 2012.

German banks are in better shape than Japan's were at the start of the 1990s.

"The housing market is cooling off relative to where we were at the start of the year," Beale said.

Unlike community penalties, short prison sentences are also barely more effective than they were at the start of the decade.

There are now more channels of communication available to reach people than there were at the start of the MDGs.

They end with things at least no worse than they were at the start, after a period of awkwardness.