Example sentences of "be take a [adj] step " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not the appropriate solution but they feel they 're taking a positive step , ’ she said . |
| 2 | but testing at 7 , 11 and 14 , together with the National Curriculum , seems to many teachers to be taking a significant step in the wrong direction , imposing on younger and younger children a model of education about which they , the teachers , have increasing misgivings . |
| 3 | In the present economic climate , I feel we are taking a backward step to the bad old days . |
| 4 | However , perhaps Dowling and his NZRFU men were taking a sensible step when the included Mains in their plans to improve the media relations of the All Blacks , something which hit bottom during the recent World Cup — and they had not been exactly healthy before that . |
| 5 | CITIZENS Financial Group is taking a major step towards its goal of doubling in size within a 100-mile radius of its Providence , Rhode Island headquarters . |
| 6 | Anyone seeking political asylum is taking a major step . |
| 7 | Clearly , to contextualise ideological responses historically is not to neutralise the ideological responses themselves , but it is to take a significant step towards understanding more fully the issues involved . |
| 8 | GLENYS Kinnock is to take a big step towards achieving her political goal of becoming a Euro MP when on December 18 she will appear on Radio 4 's Any Questions for the first time . |