Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [art] 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 | It may simply mean that at this moment only one entrepreneur has taken the step of presenting this particular opportunity to the market . |
18 | I rather wish I 'd taken the step earlier . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Chris Lander , the Daily Mirror 's cricket writer and the only man to have marched every step of the way with Beefy on his walks , is amazed at how Ian carries on the torturous pace . |
21 | Indeed , Polybius appears to have gone a step further . |
22 | Hotspur had withdrawn a step or two towards the door when he turned again to look at Iago . |
23 | 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 " . |
24 | She had advanced a step further towards him until now they were standing almost breast to breast . |
25 | You wo n't do yourself any favours by getting worked up before you 've run a step . |
26 | At the Microsoft Conference in March 1991 , C-Cube showed they had gone a step further . |
27 | It was a distinct , physical feeling of sick panic , as if she had taken a step — and there was nothing there . |
28 | But in the meantime Louis had taken a step back by withdrawing his consent to the betrothal of Richard and Alice . |
29 | He had taken a step towards her . |
30 | In a moment the paper was back in its folder , and he had taken a step away from her . |