Sentence examples for were to begin with from inspiring English sources
"I'm not sure how high the expectations were to begin with," Sutton said.
"It just brought up more issues than there were to begin with".
"When an inspector comes out, he needs to know what the plans were to begin with," Mr. Spinola said.
Whatever it is, the way that New Yorkers perceive one another across color lines -- however accurate those perceptions were to begin with -- has changed.
It is as if a Polish Hamlet opera were to begin with the English words "To be so not to be".
Given the apparent visual harmony with which Coutard and Godard later worked, it is hard to believe what an ill-matched couple they were to begin with.
The disappointing outcome at Copenhagen--all the more disheartening given how low expectations were to begin with--launched a flurry of furious dispatches looking to lay the blame on Obama, or China, or the EU, or some combination thereof.
She is, to begin with, another astonishing soloist.
There was, to begin with, his wife, Vivienne.
It is, to begin with, a perverse world.
Testing was to begin with the first pitches of April.
