at the outset
from the outset

At the outset, they did not ask Congress for much.

But no one can tell at the outset how long the training may take.

As I said at the outset, you should hold to your course for 2004.

I want to make a few things clear here at the outset.

But that will only be at the outset, and we have a very long time available to us.

"Our question at the outset was, What will it take to get young men to pay child support?"

"And he wants to do something at the outset to show just exactly that."

But it was too late for them, even at the outset.

At the outset, he goes along with the information provided.

I would like to make that clear at the outset.