Example sentences of "be [art] first step [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RECEIVERS were yesterday appointed to the brewing businesses of the Australian yachting tycoon , Mr Alan Bond , in what may prove to be the first step towards the world 's largest corporate collapse . |
| 2 | Contract compliance laws will be the first step towards guaranteeing the black and Asian British their fair share of jobs . |
| 3 | That will be the first step towards building the wider Europe for which Britain has long argued . |
| 4 | Its supporters claim that the first would be the first step towards a test reactor that would burn plasma for long periods . |
| 5 | This must be the first step towards national reconciliation . |
| 6 | The project will therefore seek to identify the main implications of the trend towards the Regulatory State and is intended to be the first step towards a major research programme investigating the potentials and problems of regulation in practice across the whole spectrum of what we used to describe as the Welfare State . |
| 7 | The Gulf war and its attendant debate over the dispatching of Japanese troops overseas also affected Japan 's relationship with its Asian neighbours , many of whom expressed fears that such a development might be the first step towards a resurgence of military power commensurate with the country 's huge economic strength . |
| 8 | Profound disappointment and frustration , however , awaited those — especially in Britain — who hoped that American involvement in the First World War might prove to be the first step towards an on-going partnership . |
| 9 | The move is the result of mounting concern after The Northern Echo revealed that it was feared plans to allow districts to form powerful purchasing consortiums could be the first step towards full-scale merger . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ It looks as though this could be the first step towards merger . |
| 11 | There has been speculation that the move might be the first step towards privatisation of the business formed as a state-owned entity in 1989 when the Government decided to withdraw the nuclear power sector from plans to privatise the rest of the electricity industry . |
| 12 | The Bush administration has undertaken a national energy review which will report by the end of the year , and that may be the first step towards the national action to end dependence on Gulf oil , and to start what 's always eluded this country — an Energy Policy . |
| 13 | If passed , this move will be the first step on the way to mass recruitment and organization within the trade . |
| 14 | Liverpool City Council are planning to start a tournament in the winter which could be the first step of a journey up the British rankings right up to a match against number one players Jeremy Bates and Joe Durie . |
| 15 | ‘ If the Yellow Route is finally adopted for the A3 Hindhead bypass it could be the first step to bringing a lot of traffic and development to Farnham Lane ’ he said . |
| 16 | Looking comfortable centre stage can be the first step to getting your name up in lights . |
| 17 | A major restoration programme sponsored by Scottish Enterprise Tayside in partnership with Angus District Council will be the first step in transforming the semi-derelict Brechin railway station into a tourist attraction for Tayside . |
| 18 | An evening out of jobs between regions would be the first step in what , in the longer term , should aim to be an almost complete transfer of government jobs from areas of full employment into areas with the highest levels of unemployment . |
| 19 | added : ‘ A company should develop the counselling skills of its managers so they can be the first step in the process of diagnosis . |
| 20 | The McDonald 's Friends of Childline Charity Ball on Friday , June 18 , at Belfast City Hall , aims to be the first step in raising enough cash to fulfil the aim . |
| 21 | Adenosine is a ubiquitous product of ischaemia , and occupation of A 1 adenosine receptors seems to be the first step in preconditioning . |
| 22 | A crackdown on speeding and aggressive driving will be the first step in a one-year-long police campaign to cut the number of deaths and accidents on motorways . |
| 23 | The UNESCO Report could be a first step towards this but it needs international organizations like UNESCO and IFLA to take the action they have not so far done . |
| 24 | While some unconscious biases — based , for instance , on which medical school or university people attended — may not be wholly eradicated , recognition of incipient biases would be a first step towards achieving real equal opportunities . |
| 25 | The hon. Member for Gordon said that a Scottish Parliament would be a first step towards independence . |
| 26 | The North Norwegian Minke Whalers Association said that the government 's move could be a first step towards resuming full commercial hunting . |
| 27 | Tiu said that about 70 countries had already recognized Moldova as an independent state , and that relations with Hungary would be a first step to closer integration with Europe . |
| 28 | They said the cabinet 's resignation could only be a first step in an attempt to regain credibility . |
| 29 | Listening to yourself can be a first step in identifying a learning need or goal . |
| 30 | In high fertility societies such as are found in the Africa region , the modification of these goals would be a first step in efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality . |