Sentence examples for direction but a from inspiring English sources

This is a very small step in the right direction, but a positive one.

This is a step in the right direction, but a timid one.

It's a step in the right direction but a small one.

Together, some Democrats said, the two efforts mark a move in the right direction — but a modest one.

Truncating the PC into a bow-tie shape, we observed a total reflection in one direction but a total transmission in the opposite direction.

I had thought I was heading in a different direction, but a pattern and momentum was happening in the fiction beyond my conscious control.

The Big Chief in blue began lumbering in that direction, but an uncostumed older man with a shiny bald head snapped at him from the curb.

The agenda for a second Bush term represents not a change in direction but an acceleration of the colossal and murderous folly that he, and most of his predecessors, have pursued.

She was unsure about her future direction, but an advert for the ProFiL program piqued her interest.

They had a correct intuition for what is going to occur (boat moves in the opposite direction), but an incorrect explanation (waves).

Energy efficiency, use of recyclables and low-toxicity materials are all a step in the right direction, but an important addition is the elimination of planned obsolescence.