Example sentences of "[vb past] the first step " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now I had a baby sister Clare , and it was something that happened to her which helped to shape my destiny and provided the first step on my road to Koraloona . |
| 2 | In the 1952 election campaign the Republicans promised to take a tough line with the Russians , and the appointment of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State seemed the first step in fulfilling that pledge . |
| 3 | Indeed , I have heard it called the first step on the path to true benevolence . ’ |
| 4 | THE LABOUR PARTY took the first step yesterday towards diminishing the power of the trade unions in its policy-making procedures . |
| 5 | On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord . |
| 6 | He stayed on in Lyons — what else could he do ? — and took the first step to excommunicate Henry if his lands and revenues were not restored . |
| 7 | For it was there that Beethoven had enhanced the German grandeur of his music with the words of Schiller 's Ode to Joy and thus took the first step towards reintegrating poetry and music as equal partners in a new and sublime unity . |
| 8 | In 1970 a colleague and fellow research student of mine at Cambridge , Brandon Carter , took the first step toward proving this conjecture . |
| 9 | Does he recall that he said that if the business community took the first step he and the police would give it whatever support and back-up it needed ? |
| 10 | Dundalk clinched the double with victory over Derry in the 1988 FAI Cup Final and the following season the Brandywell club took the first step towards a unique treble with a stunning 4–0 win in the League Cup final at Oriel Park . |
| 11 | The Government took the first step to outlawing the station by writing to the European Commission and to Red Hot Television , which broadcasts from Denmark , reporting the ban . |
| 12 | Nevertheless it marked the first step — though only that — in the restoration of royal coinage inside West Francia . |
| 13 | The visit marked the first step towards improved relations between the two countries since the suspension in October 1990 of US military aid [ see p. 37764 ] . |