The starting over is always figurative, a moral effort rather than an actual fresh start.

And there had been nothing to be ashamed of in the actual start.

Even the actual start of a recession does not always help.

Delays in financing put off the actual start of work until July 1998.

It was something Thomas was looking forward to, even as he stood here waiting for the actual start of festivities.

The actual start of the project was delayed by congressional debates until a vote in 1886.

Were these consequences not too remote to be seen with such immediate clearness as to cause an actual start?

It was not indeed till a little after seven that the actual start was made.

The best we can do is prepare ourselves well so that the actual start of the negotiations is good.

There was another proposal in the late 19th century, and an actual start on digging earlier this century.