Example sentences of "[adv] the first step " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps the first step towards achieving this balance of ability is to be able to use both left and right sides with equal effectiveness . |
2 | Whilst such an interpretation of three-dimensional spaces may create a slightly confused image when all three laminas are visible , it is perhaps the first step towards full modelling . |
3 | Though understanding is perhaps the first step . |
4 | The concentration of neurons in ganglia is perhaps the first step towards building a brain , but even the appearance of a large head ganglion does not ensure that brains of the sort that humans and other mammals possess are the only design solution that can result . |
5 | Mastering the handwriting of the Tudor and Stuart eras is merely the first step in tackling these documents . |
6 | She is modest , feeling she has taken only the first steps . |
7 | Elections , however , are only the first step . |
8 | Arriving at a standard size for the microfloppies is only the first step towards a standard product . |
9 | The discovery of general laws of structure is only the first step in an interpretive process . |
10 | Apple chairman John Sculley told analysts at a briefing last month that the servers will be only the first step in a new push to support corporate users . |
11 | So far from being something which was realized ( where it has been realized ) when universal suffrage was finally achieved , that very substantial and important achievement might reasonably be regarded as only the first step on the road to the creation of a fully democratic society . |
12 | But this is only the first step . |
13 | But free fighting is only the first step on the road to real competition and , in order to instil confidence in students , it is performed according to set criteria . |
14 | In this respect some form of neutralisation could be ‘ only the first step toward final acceptance of collective security Soviet style ’ . |
15 | And that 's only the first step . |
16 | It is often forgotten that the service of a notice determining the tenant 's tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s25 , is only the first step in the process of recovering possession . |
17 | Rabin said the agreement was only the first step towards a hoped for comprehensive Middle East peace . |
18 | He said the changes were only the first step in a longer plan for the building , a former cinema . |
19 | But while the absence of additional tax on spirits yesterday was welcomed , it was also generally described as only the first step on a long road before Scotch and other spirits were able to operate on a level playing field against other alcoholic drinks , in particular , wine . |
20 | Our research methodology is to proceed in stages ; this paper does not present the whole story but just the first step in the argument . |
21 | This model is complex , but is just the first step in explaining the development of schizophrenia . |
22 | Labour council leader John Williams said the pedestrianisation of Skinnergate and High Row was long overdue and just the first step in a town improvement strategy . |
23 | Coun. Williams said the scheme , which bans traffic from High Row , Skinnergate , Bondgate and Blackwellgate between 10.30 and 4pm , was just the first step in a review of the whole town centre . |
24 | Most of the information ( and more besides ) could be obtained from the company itself but generally the first step will be to Companies House . |
25 | Inside the cell , the first of the series of enzymes that normally breaks glucose down also thinks the 2-DG is glucose , and therefore converts it into the molecule 2-deoxyglucose 6 phosphate , or 2-DG6P , normally the first step on the pathway of glucose breakdown . |
26 | But identifying the principal active ingredient of alcoholic drinks was a vital step forward in that it allowed the quantity of intoxicant to be measured accurately , always the first step in any proper study of drugs and their actions . |
27 | That is always the first step . ’ |
28 | Endothelial adhesion by leucocytes is also the first step in a range of adhesive interactions required in their tissue invasive response to inflammation . |
29 | Substitution drills are also the first step in making system drills , but these will be dealt with in 7.2.3 . |
30 | But the purpose of the operation was completely transformed by Bush 's decision to double the number of troops , which was clearly the first step towards a war this year . |