Example sentences of "be taken towards the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three days later Vaclav Klaus , Czech Prime Minister and leader of the Civic Democratic Party ( ODS ) , and Vladimir Meciar , Slovak Prime Minister and leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , reached a political agreement on the steps to be taken towards the abolition of the federation . |
| 2 | Three days later Vaclav Klaus , Czech Prime Minister and leader of the Civic Democratic Party ( ODS ) , and Vladimir Meciar , Slovak Prime Minister and leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , reached a political agreement on the steps to be taken towards the abolition of the federation . |
| 3 | Given that so many swords and fittings were being offered in a session which might have stretched trade and private interest , a reasonable approach seems to have been taken towards the reserves . |
| 4 | Demands for action to clean up sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations , widely believed to be responsible for the ‘ acid rain ’ that was killing forests , lakes and rivers — not just in Scotland , but as far afield as Germany and Scandinavia — were brushed aside on the grounds of inconclusive evidence ; a similar attitude was taken towards the radioactive discharges from the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield . |
| 5 | Thus , against his better , earlier judgment , the decisive step was taken towards the damaging decade-long distortion of the political pattern . |
| 6 | A further step was taken towards the normalization of Vietnamese-US relations on Oct. 17 when Vietnam 's Foreign Minister , Nguyen Co Thach , visited Washington for talks with Gen. John Vessey , President Bush 's special envoy dealing with US servicemen missing in action ( MIA ) in Indo-China . |