Sentence examples for intentional step from inspiring English sources

It's important to discuss each person's motivation and commitment level beforehand and, even better, to view cohabitation as an intentional step toward, rather than a convenient test for, marriage or partnership.

The most important question that remains largely unanswered, said officials and veteran lawyers, is whether the corner cutting, especially the serial concealment of information damaging to the government, was a result of flawed judgments and heavy workloads or an intentional step by prosecutors to increase their chances of a high-profile conviction.

The cooling of traditionally close French-German relations is partly an intentional step by Mr. Hollande, a Socialist, to demonstrate that he is not in the pocket of the conservative German chancellor, Angela Merkel, but instead wants to change the policy direction of the European Union.

One inspired, intentional step at a time.

Nolan's take was cynical and dour, an intentional step away from the gaudy Joel Schumacher films that followed Burton's wonders, perhaps.

They rally, they act together as a community, and they enhance their collective well being, one intentional step at a time -- which is why they are one of 74 national organizations competing in the Huffington Post Job Raising Challenge.

And she is taking intentional steps to make that message a real theme in her writing.

Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the majority in the 8-to-1 decision, said the statutory language applied only when companies took "intentional steps to dispose of a hazardous substance".

The US State Department also expressed alarm at the situation and a spokesperson said the US was "deeply troubled" by the new law, and called it "a further example of the Russian government's growing crackdown on independent voices and intentional steps to isolate the Russian people from the world".

We find it reassuring to think that successful people take intentional steps that get them ahead.

"We are concerned this new power will further restrict the work of civil society in Russia and is a further example of the Russian government's growing crackdown on independent voices and intentional steps to isolate the Russian people from the world," spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement.