"This nauseating act constitutes a further step towards abscurantism.
"With this mammoth first-day sales tally, Adele has taken a further step towards greatness.
Iran will take a further step towards neutralising its stockpile of 20% enriched uranium.
For them, 1% is not a pay rise, but a further step towards the reality of poverty".
The tie-up of the two European clearers is a further step towards consolidation of Europe's securities markets.
Today's announcement by the guardian council that it still holds the elections as valid is a further step towards a total confrontation.
EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg agreed to give Albania candidate status, allowing the former Communist state to take a further step towards formal membership negotiations.
Making the workers part-owners of the business would be a radical alternative, but it would be a further step towards making it a viable commercial enterprise.
Next month's Vickers report could see a move to separate staid retail banking from speculative investment banking – a further step towards safety.
"This is a further step towards more eco-friendly building materials," said Enrico Borgarello, director of innovation at Italcementi, the Italian cement maker that developed the material.
For this small country of just 1.3m people, the single currency is a further step towards "Europe" and away from Russia.
