Sentence examples for are the first step from inspiring English sources

For many, their money-purchase pensions are the first step.

The show-cause notices are the first step in the anti-doping disciplinary process.

Secret plans are the first step towards plans that never happen at all.

It's those questions that are the first step towards a lower-carbon and lower-cost future.

The forms are the first step on the way to recovering the nationality he lost 20 years ago.

Training in composting techniques and marketing is obviously useful, but the basic inputs are the first step.

For Rabinowitz the introduction of the bicycles are the first step in New York descending into a dystopian nightmare.

The surveys are the first step in the United Nations Safer Cities Program, which ultimately aims at marshaling communities in the fight against crime.

"New construction in East Jerusalem or the West Bank undermines mutual trust and endangers the proximity talks that are the first step toward full negotiations," Clinton said yesterday.

The rules to be unveiled Tuesday are the first step toward lifting the I.R.S. moratorium on approving cash-balance plans, according to Treasury officials.

Recent history in the Balkans and Iraq also shows us that no-fly zones are the first step to a full-on ground assault.