A slow beginning was not to be, however.

But other state prosecutors attributed the slow beginning to their desire to establish what they called a chain of evidence.

The original overseas trend had a slow beginning because the Chinese at that time were very wary of anything foreign.

In the dark, I saw the slow beginnings of a smile form at the corner of her mouth.

After a slow beginning, Smith turned the program into a consistent success.

He didn't like the slow beginning, the suicide at the end.

It was a slow beginning of a process that took years to reach fulfilment.

He did however criticize it for its slow beginning and lack of innovation.

Raul felt the slow beginning of desire in the host-body.

And with the materials they could somehow find now, the slow beginnings of science would provide still more wealth to build on.