Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] the first step " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But it takes nerve to make the first step . |
| 3 | for 3rd arts south Celebrating the first steps of a maestro . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was the author of several political histories , President of the Society of Antiquaries , the founder of a prize for a historical essay at Oxford , and shortly before the competition he had persuaded the Government to take the first steps towards setting up the National Portrait Gallery . |
| 8 | In December 1988 Blyth 's newly formed British Steel Challenge made the first steps towards prising open the closed shop of big boat ocean racing . |
| 9 | The England star takes the first step towards his long-awaited comeback in an A-team game this afternoon , five months after suffering a career-threatening Achilles injury . |
| 10 | But that is no reason to delay the first steps towards a more selective , and hence effective , welfare state . |
| 11 | Perhaps if , as I am told , they are a branch of Ladbrokes , they are hedging their bets , i.e. waiting to see if any other company takes the first step ! |
| 12 | The purchase of Ephron 's field and cave represents the first step towards Israel 's actual possession of the Promised Land . |
| 13 | THE LABOUR PARTY took the first step yesterday towards diminishing the power of the trade unions in its policy-making procedures . |
| 14 | There must now be a delay before the next step command is issued , so that the motor has time to execute the first step . |
| 15 | 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 ] . |