His international career didn't get off to the most auspicious start.
"It seems you have good weather for an auspicious start."
Not exactly an auspicious start, but that was the way I felt.
But 10.0 has gotten off to a very auspicious start.
My year of living well on less is not getting off to an auspicious start.
It had not been an auspicious start to the year.
The operation got off to a less than auspicious start.
But the two frogs are off to an auspicious start.
It was not the most auspicious start to the regular season.
Unfortunately, the organization has not got off to an auspicious start.