It really seems like one step forward and two steps back in looking at our past efforts. |
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Each day, football goes one step forward and two steps back because of football officials who disregard the basic rules of the game. |
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Nothing worked, and we spent two decades taking one step forward and two steps back. |
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It is a good proposal which seems to have the full agreement of the hauliers and quarry owners, so it is a step forward. |
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She slowly nodded and took a step forward, holding onto the porch rail for support for she still felt quite weak. |
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Stand with your feet together and step forward with your right, about a long stride's length in front of your left. |
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The cabin itself is a huge step forward on the previous model, which was pokey for a car of its overall dimensions. |
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Christopher took a step forward, reaching his hand out for her before he could catch himself. |
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Opening the ice plant on the Harbour of Inishturk, Minister Coughlan said that it was a major step forward for the island's fishermen. |
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What industries will step forward next and try to coerce consumerism when they can't win it fairly in the so-called free market? |
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Rather than holding their manhood cheap, they step forward to share in the glory. |
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I think the amendment is a step forward and an improvement in the bill as it came to the House. |
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The position those members have taken is that this bill is an improvement and a step forward. |
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The promised development of a long term, strategic, programmatic approach will be a major step forward. |
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Plans to provide the youth of Amesbury with recreational facilities at the recreation ground have taken a step forward. |
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Expect, too, plenty of backbenchers to step forward fearlessly to criticise the leadership. |
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She quietly took a step forward, before gesturing the class to come closer. |
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As I step forward to check in with the next guard, my grandmother retreats to the bathroom to compose herself. |
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In a feudal system there is always another member of the clan to step forward to assume the leadership. |
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Overwhelming relief and joy engulfed Jason upon seeing her and he took a step forward. |
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He took a lurching, awkward step forward, his arms pinwheeling for balance. |
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She took a step forward and was nearly knocked over by a large man rushing past her. |
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If they can hate but control themselves and not kill, then that's a step forward. |
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Another step forward was the progressive declarations of invalidity extended to certain laws, decrees, and edicts issued in Stalin's time. |
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At the end of the season, we weren't crowned champions, but we knew we took a giant step forward. |
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As a whole, however, the willingness to defy convention in terms of their status as an indie pop group, is a large step forward for the band. |
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Plans to turn a town centre into an alcohol-free zone have taken a giant step forward. |
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Armstrong takes his protest an intriguing step forward with this album by creating a rock opera informed by disaffection and disillusionment. |
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He took another step forward and she shot to her feet, spinning quickly and lunging for the door. |
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Arrive a little early, make sure you're neatly dressed, and step forward with a polite greeting and handshake. |
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They're scared to death of this guy because they really believe he is the archconservative that they've always feared would step forward. |
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All I had to do was get up from my chair and step forward to the rostrum to speak. |
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They saw them as a big step forward, but there was an important qualification. |
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What we want is the people who aren't up to their eyes to step forward and take it on. |
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Yet there appears to be a dearth of qualified people who are both willing and able to step forward and provide better leadership. |
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This device could be a big step forward for emergency care and public health. |
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I take another step forward, causing her to press herself against the couch. |
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I tried to take a step forward but ended up grazing my knee on a piece of dead bark lying about. |
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Indeed, the prefigurative approach embraced by Kovel is an essential step forward. |
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Though the struggle is far from over, today is a pivotal step forward in the ongoing fight for marriage equality. |
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Robin reached out, grasped it firmly again, and started to take a step forward. |
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Equality campaigners believe the move is a major step forward in trying to close the gender pay gap. |
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Plans to build 750 extra homes took a step forward after district councillors formally adopted a development brief for the east of the town. |
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The announcement heralds a significant step forward in the development of global data synchronization. |
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Cariss is hoping that Nelson's success will encourage a potential sponsor to step forward and ease his transition into the pro game. |
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Mr. Malik took a step forward from his position at the front of the classroom. |
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He took a brave step forward, his robe trailing behind him, and the men holding the knife spoke to him in a foreign language. |
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They also say they hoped to avoid custody battles between adoptive parents and biological fathers who step forward too late. |
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As she took a step forward, her hand hit the picture frame she had propped on her desk. |
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Slowly his body turned and he took a step forward, followed by another and then another. |
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This is a grand step forward for us, it's almost like we are starting over. |
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The statement urged other Saudi clerics to step forward and support the beleaguered mujahideen. |
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Crompton's invention of the spinning mule in 1779 marked a major step forward in the Industrial Revolution. |
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This is another step forward in our efforts to reopen global markets for U.S. beef. |
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This is a big step forward and it is an essential part of the proper control of a major hazard facility. |
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Once the boom mic is out of the way and not likely to clonk me on the head, I take a step forward. |
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This ground-breaking study is a big step forward in our understanding of how to treat children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. |
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Every step forward, every sentence of the book seems to contain a balance of unhappiness. |
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She turned to face him again as he took a step forward, slinking forward like a wolf toward cornered prey. |
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Most other industrialized nations privately agree they are necessary but are loath to step forward and be counted. |
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At one point, Communists said that bourgeois democracy was a step forward from feudalism. |
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Toronto took an important step forward by banning drive-throughs, a bylaw that was recently upheld in court. |
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The creation of a marina breakwater for Kirkwall Harbour has taken another step forward with the job now out to tender. |
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The homecoming of some of abductees' children is only a step forward in the abduction issue. |
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This conference marked a qualitative step forward compared with the first solidarity conference four years ago. |
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If the articles do not reveal awareness of relevant prior work, then they are unlikely to constitute a step forward in our scholarly do-si-do. |
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The proposals achieve our basic objectives and it is a major first step forward. |
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A new assessment tool could be an important step forward in evaluating the impact of aid on conflict. |
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As she watched Brandywin step forward to make yet another flowery speech, Alex tried to ignore the two women behind her. |
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His recent promotion represents progress for a sport that too often takes one step forward and two steps back. |
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Whenever you're developing a particular area of your game, sometimes it is one step forward and two steps back. |
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It will take time but as soldiers we understand sometimes you take one step forward and two steps back. |
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Until the last few weeks I thought things had got better but it seems we take one step forward and two steps back. |
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This isn't always the case but it is wise to remember that tweaking hi-fi can sometimes be a case of one step forward and two steps back. |
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They said nothing, but one guy in front took a step forward and decked me. |
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In all, Schwitzgebel thinks that this study has been an important step forward in empirical research of morality. |
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But this reformist contingent is short on active-duty officers willing to step forward. |
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In bad jazz bands, everybody gets to step forward and do a showy solo. |
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He took a step forward, his heart racing with excitement and fear. |
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The nation needs men like him, the nation needs to move forward and redeemers who have its interest at heart must step forward even against their party interests in the House. |
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It's a huge step forward for us and opens the possibility of systematic molecular studies to find the genetic cause of regenerative processes in animals. |
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The feminization of organized labor could be considered a step forward for the movement. |
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Kneeling on the ground, arms hanging by your sides, step forward with your left foot into a lunge, bending the knee so it aligns with your left ankle. |
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Bebbens cleared his throat and took a tentative step forward. |
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Again, there was a big step forward in ingenuity and, again, there was a big step back in guts. |
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In terms of transparency, the U.K. has taken a vital step forward by openly quantifying the extent of the situation. |
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One step forward and she realized she was balancing on a slat of wood. |
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None the less, it is a step forward and will stimulate debate about the emergence of neurology from the closet of esoteric and untreatable syndromes. |
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When our founding mothers and fathers wrote the Constitution, they took a major step forward in terms of progressive policies, by abolishing capital punishment. |
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We do know some details of this method of squaring the circle and, despite the criticisms of Aristotle, it was an important step forward in the development of mathematics. |
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Okay, so the album's not a step forward so much as a squirm in quicksand. |
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The Evening Press is appealing for people who live in hamlets and small villages which do not have their own news outlet to step forward and help serve their community. |
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Shenzhou I completed fourteen orbits and returned to earth after just twenty-one hours, but even so it achieved a big step forward for the Chinese. |
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One step forward for civil society may now mean two steps back. |
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To have the leader of a great economic power admit that he has a debt and a duty to the losers of globalisation and colonialism is a massive step forward. |
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Religious freedom is an inalienable right of humanity in my opinion and working toward a N.A.T.O. imposed law governing this principal would seem a huge step forward. |
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He saw it as the next step in the future of the town and a natural step forward in furthering the aims and objectives of the Development Association. |
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A major step forward in proving that the circle could not be squared using ruler and compasses occurred in 1761 when Lambert proved that p was irrational. |
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Only after long and hard deliberations over many months did I come to my final conclusion that now was the time for me to take this next step forward in my life and my career. |
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I raised my foot, took a step forward, then pivoted round on it. |
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Now, which five of you fritterers of time are going to step forward for your own opportunity to get in on the ground floor of this dubious pyramid scheme? |
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The development of purified cardiac glycosides, the active principles of digitalis, has been a distinct step forward in the treatment of diseases of the heart. |
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Albert is thus led to present a highly systematized theory of the forms of inference, which represents a major step forward in the medieval theory of logical deduction. |
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This treatise represented a major step forward in understanding the geometry of perspective and it was a major contribution towards the development of projective geometry. |
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The batsman are allowed to step forward of their creases, though at some risk. |
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A step forward for the minimum wage increase this afternoon, as the Senate cleared the logjam of the Republican filibuster. |
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That's a step forward from the tension of the past two years. |
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But being able to pasteurise eggs without cooking them is a big step forward. |
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Today's agreement between Iran and the West constitutes an advanced step forward for a denuclearized Middle East. |
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The new opt-in policy for men is a significant step forward for lulu. |
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One step forward, one step back and one shuffle sidewards with a goalless draw against Burnley. |
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Chuck Grassley to ban meatpacker ownership of livestock was a step forward but it failed to make the committee's final vote. |
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It is a positive step forward to change the lager lout, binge drinking culture of this area. |
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This legislation is an important and historic step forward for the language, its speakers and for the nation. |
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At a family gathering, a wake or a Christmas hooley, other children would step forward to sing a rhyme or dance a hornpipe. |
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The teachers of the LAUSD must step forward and share their wisdom about fixing the district and reinvigorating their profession. |
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Stacy Seeley, program director of Chemical Engineering, said the lab is a major step forward for Kettering's newest academic major. |
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Novelli further humiliated Aby by lining up his team and asking the loser of the pudding challenge to step forward. |
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He invented the pendulum clock, which was a major step forward towards exact timekeeping. |
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Tiarellas and heucheras are making a huge step forward with lots of new cultivars being introduced. |
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The play was noted for its exploration of the killer's complex psychological state, a step forward for its genre. |
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This was a major step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution. |
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Despite that, an amendment to that effect was supported by 18 Assembly Members from three different parties, and that was a significant step forward. |
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The city's move to dramatically redevelop the Willets Point neighborhood, where more than 260 chop shops and other industrial properties call home, took another step forward. |
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In keeping with the automatic trend, Mike Attard of UK-based Eurograv said the development of fully automatic lathes has been a large step forward for slitters. |
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James took a step forward, his dark eyes bright under that jutting hedgerow of a brow that swept across his forehead without a break even above his axeblade of a nose. |
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We got all the roofing removed, but the chimney was damaged and we discovered that some rafters had to be replaced. One step forward, two steps back. Or maybe three. |
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It's a crucial step forward in improving healthcare for Idahoans. |
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