"But I also don't think it's an even starting point with black and white people."

In the figure on the right, the blue line is the reference starting point.

But this turned out to be only the starting point.

Secondly, coming up with a new idea is only the starting point.

In the final analysis, a degree is just a starting point.

State and local officials said the plans were just a starting point.

Our starting point is a mathematical model for the system of interest.

But that amount is likely to be only the starting point.

Of course in the movie business these days the film itself is just a starting point.

That's just a starting point, and there are many others that would be a great experience.

Attard, an award-winning foreign correspondent, said her starting point was the Arab spring.

But that's the thing about Alice Waters: practicality is not her starting point.

But this is a good starting point when learning to hold a conversation about the weather.

A better starting point, albeit one requiring a longer drive in, may be Culnacraig.

From this early starting point Barrett began to gain notoriety.

References from friends or a real estate agent are a better starting point than a phone book or newspaper ads.

He remained optimistic, however, calling the results a "good starting point".

They can also provide an easier starting point for beginners before moving on to using the full olympic bars.

But there was a simpler starting point: the block where he had been found.

An urban spectacle was, in other words, her starting point.