Example sentences of "[verb] the extraordinary step " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one such instance , when the party prospectively disadvantaged happened to be in government , the Home Secretary took the extraordinary step of introducing the order and advising his party colleagues in the House to reject it , which they duly did , the stated reasons being the desirability of awaiting the outcome of a local government review then pending . |
| 2 | Last weekend , however , after rioters looted and burned and smashed , and the army was compelled to escort Banda 's heir apparent , John Tembo , to safety , the Malawi News not only took the extraordinary step of giving a graphic account of the riots , complete with quarter-page photographs , but also accorded Chihana 's court case detailed front-page coverage . |
| 3 | This emerged as the Treasury took the extraordinary step of releasing internal letters justifying its decision . |
| 4 | The facts emerged as the Treasury took the extraordinary step of releasing internal letters in a bid to justify the decision . |
| 5 | The FA has taken the extraordinary step of bringing the clubs to book because of the tightrope football is walking between the laws of the game and the law of the land . |