The Lisbon Treaty is an essential step toward smarter integration.
The labeling of her complaint was an essential step toward her recovery from it.
The local elections were billed as an essential step toward healing Sri Lanka's wounds from years of civil war.
In addition, a monetary union was seen to be an essential step toward the further political integration of the EU.
India and the United States have framed the elections in Kashmir, which is claimed by both India and Pakistan, as an essential step toward peace in South Asia.
As an essential step toward renewed negotiations, Israel should immediately "freeze all settlement activity, including the 'natural growth' of settlements," the committee stated.
Its passage was quickly applauded as an essential step toward ensuring that all citizens -- blacks, whites, Asians and coloreds -- would finally be treated equally.
WEEK IN REVIEW, PAGE 11 CRACK IN WALL OF SECRECY The release of four memos on torture was an essential step toward re-establishing the rule of law.
Such measures would help complete the banking union and are an essential step toward making the euro a structurally sound currency.
Recognizing these analogies and precedents is an essential step toward improving our global financial system, both to reduce the risk of future crises and to better handle catastrophes when they happen".
Feminism with Japanese characteristics--a less combative tone and greater emphasis on protecting motherhood--is different.For example, conventional wisdom in the West is that the birth-control pill was an essential step toward women's liberation.
