1.   This time, they were slow off the Mark.

2.   Diesels are condemned by some for being too slow off the mark.

3.   Academe has had a reputation for being slow off the mark when it comes to preparing students for what industry needs right now.

4.   By its own admission, Raytheon was slow off the mark as the U.S. defense industry consolidated in the wake of reduced military spending.

5.   Dreamworks, founded with enormous publicity, has stumbled badly in its television production and is slow off the mark in making movies.

6.   It is not for the faint of heart or the slow off the block.

7.   The Bank of Canada was slow off the mark in easing monetary policy as recession loomed.

8.   The DVR is a good example of how even relatively easy-to-use technology with a huge potential market can be slow off the mark.

9.   The FAA has clearly been slow off the mark.