"I thank you for making a very small beginning in repairing the damage you've done," he said.

"A small beginning, certainly, for the kind of destiny he seems to be choosing."

From these small beginnings it has grown into something large.

It is a small beginning, but a promising one.

From this small beginning, the college now has a prominent place of service in the holiness movement.

It was only a small beginning, but he had plenty of time.

The first and probably the most influential of these grew from small beginnings.

It was truly a "small beginning", with only two students in the first course.

A small beginning enough for a man to start from, certainly!

Yet $25 billion is only a small beginning, some experts say.