Example sentences of "step [prep] the right [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While falling way short of Amnesty International 's request for investigations into all ‘ disappearances ’ , this initiative is welcomed as a modest first step in the right direction . |
| 2 | Mr Crozier said that although the UK was more advanced in hygiene than most other member states , the document was still ‘ a step in the right direction for Europe ’ . |
| 3 | The South-West — whose Bath-Bristol-Gloucester resources have appeared in the past to resemble rugby 's equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle — are set on improving their disappointing Divisional Championship record , and their success against Leinster in Dublin last week was seen as a first step in the right direction . |
| 4 | Mrs Thatcher called the move ‘ a major step in the right direction … we hope it will lead on to the release of Nelson Mandela and open the way for negotiations for a new constitution for South Africa ’ . |
| 5 | Rumours that Britain would ask for anti-apartheid sanctions to be relaxed were quashed , although the Prime Minister offered some encouragement by calling the release ‘ a major step in the right direction ’ . |
| 6 | Hungary appeared to take a step in the right direction when its rulers voted to transmute the old Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party into a new , reformist-led Socialist Party — and in effect divorced the party from the state . |
| 7 | The new Standing Committee procedure with the cross examination of Ministers is a preliminary step in the right direction but there is a great need for earlier involvement in the process . |
| 8 | While it is unquestionably a step in the right direction for such international teams to make recommendations as to optimal treatment schedules and ideal diagnostic facilities , it avails little if governments do not take their advice or if there is a shortage of money , personnel , or both . |
| 9 | Most fell in line with the view that The Smiths would one day produce the perfect artifact and that ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ was most definitely a step in the right direction . |
| 10 | Every time you take a step in the right direction , realise what you have done and give yourself due credit . |
| 11 | We regarded this as a minor success , for it is a step in the right direction , an interim success . |
| 12 | Even so , environmental experts agree that cutting phosphates in detergents is a step in the right direction and will help to reduce phosphate levels in the rivers . |
| 13 | Yes , the Safrane V6 is a big step in the right direction , but judged by the standards of Renault 's recent efforts , it could have been better . |
| 14 | I realise exact settings would be out of the question , due to the many different effects units available , but a rough guide to setting the amount of distortion/EQ/chorus/delay etc. would surely be a step in the right direction . |
| 15 | A step in the right direction |
| 16 | But if we can sometimes lift our eyes from our own problems and focus on those of others , it will be at least a step in the right direction and Christmas is a good time to take it , ’ she said . |
| 17 | Implementing Cadbury will therefore be an experimental step in the right direction . |
| 18 | Michael Heseltine 's creation of a new Industrial Competitiveness Division at the Department of Trade and Industry is a positive step in the right direction . |
| 19 | Well aware of his brother 's infatuation with Joan and seeing no reason to discourage it , he regarded Anne 's arrival at the sanctuary as a step in the right direction . |
| 20 | They argued that since the concentration of military forces in the hands of the League would be a step towards their total elimination , absolute pacifists should have no difficulty in supporting collective security as a step in the right direction . |
| 21 | ‘ We feel sales next year could be up by as much as 6 per cent on 1992 , which is a big step in the right direction , ’ says a spokesman for the region . |
| 22 | Any dialogue between them is a step in the right direction . ’ |
| 23 | A Guide to Aviation Photography ( Arms and Armour ) , 96pp , illus , sbk , £9.99 ) by T Malcolm English certainly is a step in the right direction . |
| 24 | The visit to Nyanga near Cape Town may have been tokenism , but at least it was a step in the right direction . |
| 25 | it was n't a move calculated to arrest the awful trend but , most people agree , it was a step in the right direction . |
| 26 | Only time will tell but at least it is a step in the right direction and certainly in line with the views expressed by Mary Joe Fernandez in a splendidly reasoned and cogent article which she wrote for The New York Times at the end of last year . |
| 27 | On the other hand , there were people like Spaak and the Italian premier , Alcide de Gasperi , who were prepared to accept things for what they were , to see the Council of Europe as a first step in the right direction , not an end — and a direction which they believed to be merely inevitable . |
| 28 | My little red RYA Level 1 Certificate does n't mean I can now start my solo circumnavigation of the world , but I like to think it 's a step in the right direction . |
| 29 | The 1988 Act offers an entitlement curriculum for all children encompassing nine areas of learning and experience — surely a step in the right direction . |
| 30 | Sales for the fiscal third quarter were up 6% — but that is down mainly to favourable currency translations , and while the loss of $30m is a big step in the right direction , it was still slightly worse than Wall Street estimates , and analysts were particularly disappointed with the low turnover growth . |