Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] first step [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have made the first step towards finding out more about archaeology , it is likely that you will never turn back . |
| 2 | Substitution drills would also be used a first step in mastering the totally different topic system in Dusun which we discussed in 7.1.8 . |
| 3 | Emma had mounted the first step of the stairs and she was unwinding her scarf when she turned and looked down on her mother , saying , ‘ I would have been many things if I had been brought up in peace . ’ |
| 4 | SURGEONS at Harefield Hospital near London have secretly taken the first step toward implanting Britain 's first artificial heart . |
| 5 | The United Kingdom has now taken the first step towards European Monetary Union which is intended to lead eventually to a single European currency . |
| 6 | She has thereby taken the first step towards adult sexuality in developing a wish for a baby . |
| 7 | With 100 $500 grants already on their way to scientists working in Russia , the International Science Foundation ( ISF ) has taken the first step towards meeting its goal of helping to preserve research in the former Soviet Union . |
| 8 | The calm , thoughtful way she acknowledged them and talked them through with me made me feel that we had taken the first step towards friendship . |
| 9 | LOTHIAN REGIONAL Council has taken the first step towards a total ban on smoking from 1 January next year . |
| 10 | A county council has taken the first step towards a total ban on all fox hunting on council land . |
| 11 | A group of Hartlepool women have successfully taken the first step towards a career in creche work . |
| 12 | Luke 's features seemed to reshape themselves momentarily , his expression become one of savage anger , and he had taken the first step of the few that would bring him round the desk to her before she saw him drag control back to himself . |
| 13 | Is my child to have taken the first step with this opera for nothing … . |
| 14 | VINNY JONES went back to Wimbledon yesterday and declared : ‘ I 've taken the first step on the managerial ladder . ’ |
| 15 | Imminence : of course he saw it before the impulse had even taken the first step on its journey from her mind to her body . |
| 16 | The eight nations that circle the Arctic have taken a first step towards protecting the fragile environment of the far north from increased pollution , most of which originates outside the region . |
| 17 | Graham Taylor 's sidekick said : ‘ He has already achieved the first step by playing in the friendly against Spurs and it will be a very big step to get into a competitive game where there will be no quarter given or asked . |