Sentence examples for major stepping stone from inspiring English sources

It is a major stepping stone for me, and for swimming in the country".

Although the war did not actually end for another two years, the meeting between Gorbachev and Bush was a major stepping stone on the journey to peace.

Tuesday was a major stepping stone in the long battle for justice and the sense of unity is clear for all to see.

Arguably the world's biggest movie star, he is finally the favourite to triumph in the Best Actor (Drama) category at tonight's Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, viewed as a major stepping stone on the long path to eventual Oscar glory.

The bronze medal will also be a major stepping stone for his own career as Smith will be 23 at the next Olympics - the perfect age to win a medal in men's gymnastics - and his success at these Games has only increased his determination to achieve greater heights in London.

London could be a major stepping stone as it's a more competitive market.

These past few years have been major stepping stones in the fight for equality.

These championships, part of a new Olympic qualification system, are seen by the British team as a major stepping-stone to London 2012.

We anticipate that additional sampling of parasitoids from Italy will reveal that K2 does not act as a major stepping-stone population in the Mediterranean, although the degree to which this population is connected by gene flow to either K1 or K3 remains to be assessed.

ICBC, the world's largest bank by market value, and China Merchants Bank are seeking to expand in Asia while ANZ could use Wing Lung as a stepping stone into China, the fastest-growing major economy.

Like the Motorola deal, which marked Google's first major foray into hardware, the Nest acquisition gives Google a stepping stone into an important new market at a time when consumer appliances and Internet services are increasingly merging.