Sentence examples for mark a decisive step from inspiring English sources

It will mark a decisive step toward dampening the absolutist ambitions of the warring parties, increasing the incentive to cut a deal, particularly as conflict fatigue sets in.

The belated ratification of the landmark 1993 nuclear arms reduction treaty by Russia's lower house of Parliament yesterday marks a decisive step in reversing the cold-war weapons spiral.

Mr Barnier said the legal text marked a "decisive step" but added that it was "not the end of the road".

The action marks a decisive step back from "zero tolerance" policies that swept the nation after the Columbine school shooting in Colorado more than a decade ago.

The fall of Palermo marks a decisive step in the Muslim conquest of Sicily: the Muslims gained not only an important military base, but possession of the city—henceforth known simply as al-Madina ("the City")—allowed them to consolidate their control over the western portion of the island, which was established as a regular Aghlabid province.

The decision, initially announced at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Thursday, was hailed by the EU's economic affairs commissioner, Pierre Moscovici, as a decisive step that marked the successful completion of a first review of the Greek economy since its financial rescue last year.

And this would be a decisive step".

The bill is a decisive step to achieve this goal".

The left welcomes it as a decisive step away from fossil fuels.

It was a decisive step in the breakup of the Maratha confederacy.

Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Republican of Florida, called it "a decisive step in the weakening of the United States".