11.   The investigation was slow off the mark, leading many New Yorkers to suspect that the department intended to bury the controversy.

12.   The latest New Orleans mystery featuring Detective Skip Langdon is slow off the mark, but when it finally picks up speed, it turns into a satisfying adventure.

13.   The Police Department was slow off the mark with its investigation.

14.   The truck felt slow off the line, but then that enormous torque kicked in, and I was soon traveling at highway speed.

15.   Yet when Los Angeles beckoned four years later, he was too slow off the mark.

16.   But officials rejected suggestions NATO was again slow off the mark by taking a cautious stance on deploying a large alliance force in Albania and Macedonia.

17.   Garcia was slow off the line, Kirsten got the ball first and slammed it under the bar.

18.   Officials, however, rejected suggestions that NATO was again slow off the mark by taking a cautious stance on deploying a large alliance force in Albania and Macedonia.

19.   The Portuguese know they paid a price for being slow off the mark and tactically disjointed against the disciplined and fitter American outfit.

20.   France has been slow off the mark in investing in rapidly liberalizing India, trailing the United States, Germany and Britain and other countries.