Example sentences of "be the first [noun sg] towards [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its supporters claim that the first would be the first step towards a test reactor that would burn plasma for long periods . |
| 2 | The project will therefore seek to identify the main implications of the trend towards the Regulatory State and is intended to be the first step towards a major research programme investigating the potentials and problems of regulation in practice across the whole spectrum of what we used to describe as the Welfare State . |
| 3 | The Gulf war and its attendant debate over the dispatching of Japanese troops overseas also affected Japan 's relationship with its Asian neighbours , many of whom expressed fears that such a development might be the first step towards a resurgence of military power commensurate with the country 's huge economic strength . |
| 4 | RECEIVERS were yesterday appointed to the brewing businesses of the Australian yachting tycoon , Mr Alan Bond , in what may prove to be the first step towards the world 's largest corporate collapse . |
| 5 | The Bush administration has undertaken a national energy review which will report by the end of the year , and that may be the first step towards the national action to end dependence on Gulf oil , and to start what 's always eluded this country — an Energy Policy . |
| 6 | Profound disappointment and frustration , however , awaited those — especially in Britain — who hoped that American involvement in the First World War might prove to be the first step towards an on-going partnership . |