Example sentences of "step [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been a radical step for the Government to hand over large parts of the policies which , until now , have been centrally determined . |
| 2 | The implication is some form of written constitution , which would be a major step for the system , though one which has growing support in the form of Charter 88 for example . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , it is a bit of a step for the likes of me , I suppose , but it 's what we both want . ’ |
| 4 | There was therefore no further step for the justices to take in the process of committing Mr. Bell for trial or in the conduct of his trial . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Tamara Malcom is contemplating the next step for the Theatre — in what will be her new office . |
| 6 | Not it 's actually a step for the bathroom |
| 7 | ‘ In both cases it is an essential first step for the wife to be able to show that the husband was acting as agent for the creditor in procuring her signature . |
| 8 | WWF , which gave evidence to the Committee along with other conservation organisations , believes the proposed Directive is desperately needed and presents a golden opportunity for Chris Patten , the new Secretary of State , to take a really positive step for the environment . |
| 9 | ‘ It ( school closure ) would be a bad step for the community . |
| 10 | Further , it was a huge step for the staff and everybody else associated with me , because this sort of thing had never been done before . |
| 11 | The initial step for the program is to load in this file and store the translation of the original tag with its replacement using a NAWK associative array . |
| 12 | For nurse Val Coulson , a step off the career ladder was taken mainly to enable her to fit work around her children . |
| 13 | It is true that the initial rhetoric of the statutory curriculum , with its emphasis on keystages and age-related testing , appeared to confirm the traditional belief that pupils have of necessity to be taken through their learning like an army in the field , moving in step through the year group fronts . |
| 14 | And one can follow those changes step by step through the fossil record erm including some rather nice fossils we now have which have both jaw articulations in parallel . |
| 15 | PC TUTOR takes you step by step through the intricacies of the IBM PC and MS-DOS . |
| 16 | I AM writing in response to Mr. Gage 's letter in September RW&P in which he says that there is not a proper step between the club rugby and international rugby in England and that there will be too many league matches for top players . |
| 17 | Introducing the variable , it is seen that when this second contribution is but when it is To summarise , the foregoing analysis has established that the complete Fourier spectrum of a unit step function comprises a delta function centred on zero frequency that provides the mean direct level of one-half and a continuous spectrum of sinewaves with amplitude that provides the unit step about the mean . |
| 18 | Instead , take an extra step nearer the ball if necessary and get down low by using the legs and knees rather than the waist . |
| 19 | RONNY Rosenthal took a step nearer the Anfield exit door yesterday . |
| 20 | Puddephat , 37 , has been told to watch his step after the girl , a 19-year-old first-year student at the college where he teaches , committed suicide . |
| 21 | Bunny Chaloner , sitting on the step of the coach house door in the sunshine , looked up with interest from the tack she was busily cleaning . |
| 22 | Bobbie climbed on to the step of the engine — but at that moment , the train began to move ! |
| 23 | I believe it 's the intention of the authorities to try and do some very detailed work over the coming months , then armed with that detailed assessment and hopefully armed with your recommendations they may aim to be pr proceed to the modification step of the structure plan in a way that which will lead to a speedy conclusion . |
| 24 | ‘ Well — ’ The dung-collector turned on the top step of the church and pointed towards the frozen cemetery . |
| 25 | He removes his parka , wrapping it around the muzzle of his Sturm-Ruger , and sits back on the step of the lectern . |
| 26 | Another effect of intrinsic curvature is revealed when a vector is transported round a closed path in such a way that it is moved parallel to itself at each step of the journey . |
| 27 | The remaining coordinates were obtained by least-squares fitting the side chains to the backbone positions before the next step of the refinement procedure , which consisted of high-temperature ( 2,000K ) molecular dynamics followed by dynamical simulated annealing . |
| 28 | She was sitting crying on the bottom step of the staircase outside Bert 's cubbyhole with Johnny , the ASM and callboy , who had his arm round her shoulders . |
| 29 | The front door slammed shut and the Countess collapsed on to the bottom step of the staircase , her legs useless . |
| 30 | She went in , and sat on the bottom step of the staircase . |