Example sentences of "take [adj] step " in BNC.
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| 1 | Effectively , every time the client takes another step on the ladder this becomes the bottom step , only approximately ten units of anxiety off the ground . |
| 2 | Whenever the European enterprise takes another step forward , its leaders say there will be no change . |
| 3 | ‘ If the creditor takes adequate steps to inform her and reasonably supposes that she has an adequate comprehension of the obligations she is undertaking and an understanding of the effect of the transaction , the fact that she failed to grasp some material part of the document , or , indeed , the significance of what she was doing , can not , I think , in itself give her an equity to set aside , notwithstanding that at an earlier stage the creditor relied upon her husband to obtain her consent to enter into the obligation of surety . |
| 4 | Stabbed policewoman takes first steps |
| 5 | ( Takes one step towards the wings and halts . ) |
| 6 | In this sense , the search at the higher level only takes small steps . |
| 7 | A young man , my neighbour , gets up from his seat , takes several steps forward and stops in the middle of the road . |
| 8 | Chekhov said : ’ In search of truth a man takes two steps forward and one step back . |
| 9 | Remorseful Prober is like Naive Prober , except that it takes active steps to break out of runs of alternating recrimination . |
| 10 | He does n't react to the negative but takes positive steps to be successful . |
| 11 | I want to make it absolutely clear that general practitioners voluntarily choose to run fund-holding practices and are not forced by the Government to do so — and GPs will take that step only if they can see benefits for their patients . |
| 12 | It 's expected to discuss it 's future involvement , if any , in negotiations with the South African government on power sharing , if the government does n't take emphatic steps to stop the violence . |
| 13 | Jimmy Quinn looks like landing the jockeys all-weather crown and he can take another step towards that landmark by winning the Milton Handicap on Westfield Moves . |
| 14 | When she could n't take another step she turned and looked behind her . |
| 15 | If I can make him take another step he will come alongside Ludo . |
| 16 | DUNMORE 'S National Sprint winner Ballyfolion Shy can take another step towards classic glory in the first round of the Respond Irish Derby at Shelbourne Park tomorrow night . |
| 17 | Player-manager Peter Shilton will take another step along the road to an incredible target . |
| 18 | RICHARD Branson 's Virgin Atlantic Airways will today take another step towards competing with the aviation giants by opening a new lounge at Heathrow Airport . |
| 19 | In Merrill Lynch 's 1984 Study , 88 per cent of the 243 of ‘ The Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed did take some steps to aid new staff who were moving to take up an appointment . |
| 20 | ‘ Even if she was unaware of what she was signing , and the bank did not take adequate steps to explain the effect of her signature , nevertheless she can not succeed without proof of agency . |
| 21 | Even if she was unaware of what she was signing , and the bank did not take adequate steps to explain the effect of her signature , nevertheless she can not succeed without proof of agency . |
| 22 | Since the average stride is approximately two feet per step and there are 5,280 feet in one mile then it will take 2,640 steps to cover one mile . |
| 23 | The Insured Person shall take such steps for the recovery of his/her property as if he/she were not insured and take all ordinary and reasonable precautions for the safe keeping of the property insured . |
| 24 | Subject to the provisions of Clause 10.1 , it will take such steps as it may consider reasonable in each case to secure IPR protection . |
| 25 | The court has power under section 6(2) to order the contravener to ‘ take such steps as the court may direct ’ to restore the parties to the transaction to their former position . |
| 26 | He must also take such steps as are necessary for protecting any property of the estate but is not under an obligation to do anything which would involve him in expense ( s 287(3) ) . |
| 27 | This service will identify those consumers experiencing payment difficulties and inform the lender , who can then take early steps to limit the extent to the problem . |
| 28 | If a business changes its terms it should therefore take additional steps to bring those terms to the attention of its trading partners , for instance by sending out a copy of the terms to regular trading partners ( see Burnett v Westminster Bank Ltd [ 1966 ] 1 QB 742 ) and specifically mentioning the change . |
| 29 | As long as the market continues to see older people as objects of pity rather than profit , it will take limited steps to attract them as customers . |
| 30 | The official Libyan news agency JANA issued a statement on May 14 to the effect that Libya would take three steps in order to comply with that part of UN Security Council Resolution 748 of March 1992 which had called on Libya to take concrete measure showing that it had renounced the use of " terrorism " [ see pp. 38839 ; 38884 ] . |