Sentence examples for an exceptional step from inspiring English sources

Mr Straw had taken an "exceptional step" in allowing them the opportunity to make representations at all.

Jury president Steven Spielberg called the three-way prize "an exceptional step" intended to recognise "the achievements of three artists".

In 1991 Cornell University took an exceptional step of appointing him directly as full professor with indefinite tenure.

"A 12-week suspension is an exceptional step, but I believe it is a proportionate response to Jonathan's role in this unhappy affair.

A lawyer for the Saudi government said it was considering its options, which include an immediate appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, an exceptional step allowed in lawsuits against foreign governments.

In March 2010, Moldova declared it will join the Foreign Affairs Policy of the EU, as an exceptional step towards accepting the convergence of its strategic interests with those of the Union.

Approving it would amount to the exceptional step of a national vote to change the Constitution to allow Germans to relinquish some executive authority to Brussels.

And he is taking the exceptional step of publishing a letter he has had on this from the Treasury permanent secretary.

Media regulator Ofcom has taken the exceptional step of investigating a "cash for access" sting on two former foreign secretaries by Channel 4's Dispatches despite receiving no complaints about the programme.

The attack fell exactly a year after the Interior Ministry took the exceptional step of listing the 26 most wanted terrorists linked to Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.

Yet the Justice Department not only challenged his release, it took the exceptional step of doing so in a secret filing.