Though it makes several steps in the right direction, Mr Easterbrook's much-ballyhooed plan failed to persuade analysts and investors that he is about to reverse that decline any time soon.
We've already made several important steps to aid the charitable sector.
The left had successfully done this in Sicily, where the local Democratic Party has, with the Grillo movement's help, made several positive steps, including, most importantly, the elimination of the area's provincial governments — a costly and redundant structure on top of the municipal and regional governments that was mainly a source of political patronage and corruption.
But Google has made several big steps toward that goal in recent weeks, following the initial introduction of mobile deep linking this fall, which saw participation from Allthecooks, AllTrails, Beautylish, Etsy, Expedia, Flixster, Healthtap, IMDb, Moviefone, Newegg, OpenTable, and Trulia.
During the campaign, Hynes made several mis-steps in the media.
There might not be a lot you can do to increase your height, but you can take several steps to make sure your natural height isn't shortened by environmental influences.
Companies can take several steps to make fair process the norm.
In the news this hour, the interim New York Stock Exchange chairman said he wants to take several steps to make the organization more transparent after recent turmoil.
Boeing has since announced that it would take several steps to make the planes "even safer," including updating the flight control software as well as pilot displays, operating manuals and crew training.
After the first extubation, there should have been restraints". Mark Dershwitz, a professor of anesthesiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass., said doctors should take several steps to make sure a patient who has removed a breathing tube does not remove it again, which could include restraining patients' arms with cloth straps or sedating them.
