Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a step " in BNC.
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| 1 | MOTHER Teresa 's dream of setting up a refuge for London 's homeless has come a step nearer — thanks to the generosity of Daily Mirror readers . |
| 2 | The electrification of one of British Rail 's busiest commuter routes has moved a step closer . |
| 3 | GLOBAL electronic mail , with desktop computers linking Courtaulds businesses round the world , has moved a step nearer reality . |
| 4 | A proposed rail link between Oxford , Aylesbury and Milton Keynes has moved a step nearer reality this afternoon with the decision by Buckinghamshire County Council to invest in the project . |
| 5 | Sec. knows that he has made a step towards a quorum on the next occasion . |
| 6 | UK manufacturer Input has gone a step further and coiled not just one , but two 5m flexible cables into the same body , and instead of just the one socket on the body of the reel , they have but another socket on the end of the second trailing lead . |
| 7 | MOST HISTORIANS simply rely on archives — Peter Wynne-Thomas has gone a step further by creating one . |
| 8 | BBC network television has gone a step further and introduced a sexual harassment hotline , which , though it sounds like one of the services advertised in David Sullivan 's tabloid journals , is intended to root out rather than promote unwanted lubricity . |
| 9 | The Labour party has had similar problems and has gone a step further . |
| 10 | With the Mediterranean 's natural sponge resources nearly exhausted , Lesson has taken a step in the right direction by importing sponges from the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 11 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 12 | I am pleased to see that the Chancellor has taken a step in this direction in his Budget , though it is nowhere near enough . |
| 13 | THE fight for the return of Barnard Castle auction mart 's licence to certify cattle has taken a step forward with the involvement of the town 's MP . |
| 14 | A MOVE to ease traffic problems near the Denes in Darlington has taken a step forward . |
| 15 | PLANNING for the 1994 British International Motor Show has taken a step forward with confirmation that it will again be held at Birmingham 's NEC . |
| 16 | Members of the European Commission [ EC ] have reached an agreement to control and reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and the UK has taken a step towards this with new legislation governing all industrial processes [ See page 5 ] . |
| 17 | She tried to take a step , but the suit would n't respond to her commands . |
| 18 | CrossWind Technologies is expected to take a step backwards at Unix Expo next month and announce a character version of Synchronize , its X-based time/task management tool , the first Motif-based commercial application on the market . |
| 19 | Thought you 'd like to keep a step ahead . ’ |
| 20 | A pity , perhaps , but then attempting to stay a step ahead is one of the great motivating factors in the sport , is n't it ? |
| 21 | But if , instead of jumping you walked , one step at a time , and were given one small coin as a reward every time you happened to take a step in the right direction , you would reach the scorpion in a very short time . |
| 22 | If you tackle it along the lines suggested in this booklet , you will have taken a step towards reducing the appalling costs the problem imposes on all of us . |
| 23 | Her feet felt like leaden weights , but she eventually managed to take a step , and then another , one hand held out in front of her to feel for the bed . |
| 24 | Yet some did take a step of great courage . |
| 25 | I did take a step back and look at myself . |
| 26 | Indeed , Polybius appears to have gone a step further . |
| 27 | Hungary appeared to take a step in the right direction when its rulers voted to transmute the old Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party into a new , reformist-led Socialist Party — and in effect divorced the party from the state . |
| 28 | Hotspur had withdrawn a step or two towards the door when he turned again to look at Iago . |
| 29 | His unconventionality , his unorthodoxy and his accent all helped the party to feel that it had made a step forward : " the dawn of the new regime " . |
| 30 | The sharpened exhibitionism of Stavrogin 's wanting everybody to look at him will not have helped Dostoevsky with Katkov , but it does mark a step away from Crime and Punishment and closer to Notes from Underground . |