Sentence examples for every minor step from inspiring English sources

Every minor step he has taken in that direction over the last year has been dismissed as too little, too late by his opponents, fueling the current crisis.

The question of denying social service benefits to friends of terrorism is a minor step.

An initial minor step would be to adopt the long-overdue legislation required by the resolutions.

As president of the Union, he pioneered a debate on equalizing the age of consent for gays and straights -- no minor step in 1980.

But where some think Dr. Singer crosses the line is in his argument that it is only a "minor step" -- and equally ethical -- to end the infant's life by lethal injection.

"Continuing to install large numbers of new centrifuges is significant" since filling them with raw uranium "is a relatively minor step," the Institute for Science and International Security, a private group in Washington, said in an analysis of the report.

Although gathering more data may seem like a minor step, over time it can have a big impact — on policy making and on the phenomenon that is being tracked.

And because the Europeans — in contrast to outraged Israelis — view the new guidelines as a minor step reflecting longstanding policy, they do not see themselves as "owing Israel one".

The settlement is "one less thing to be negative on BP about and a minor step in the right direction toward the rehabilitation of BP," said Iain Armstrong, an equity analyst at the investment manager Brewin Dolphin in London.

The deal is nonetheless heartening news, given the stasis into which negotations on the president's proposed trade deals seemed to have fallen.Those deals would not be any minor step forward for trade.

The Ledbetter act is certainly legislation to be celebrated by feminists and equal rights advocates everywhere, but in many ways the legislation is just one remedy in a long list of injustices done in the last eight years and a minor step up in the battle for equal pay.