It was an auspicious beginning, a good foundation to build on.

All things considered, it was an auspicious beginning for continued relations.

Taking the membership out on a strike would not be the most auspicious beginning.

"It's not an auspicious beginning for the new year," he said.

It was an auspicious beginning to my seven years in Africa.

She thought that was an auspicious beginning to their quest.

It had gone according to plan, an auspicious beginning for what was to come.

An auspicious beginning is thus made on the first day of the year.

The day and a half at the Memorial had not been an auspicious beginning for her clinical years.

This year, however, a most auspicious beginning has been made.