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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the troops are on the starting line .
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Be patient if you have to wade through a sea of red tape before you even get to the starting line .
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Loan star Imre Varadi comes in on the starting line up for the first time in favour of the suspended Nick Cusack.
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Morse estimated Wednesday that it would take a good half-hour for the entire field just to get across the starting line .
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There, all people toed the same starting line .
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These programs were designed to remove the shackles so that black people could reach the starting line on an equal footing.