Sentence examples for not one step forward from inspiring English sources

The work itself was often two steps back, not one step forward.

Embarrassing for me if no one turns up … We have not moved one step forward in the mass trial.

Despite our best intentions, we can't take one step forward.

I hope for a day when we don't take one step forward, but two steps back.

But I knew I couldn't have taken one step forward if I kept worrying that people who knew her will say, 'Well, she didn't walk that way,' or, 'She didn't speak like that.' I suppose in the end the danger for me was that I would not be able to inhabit her in a truthful way".

"This is one step forward, not a massive leap into a highly regulated, draconian bureaucratic structure," said the official, who predicted Mr. Tauzin and others would be less critical after seeing the details of the Web survey and the F.T.C.'s recommendations.

"I know it's not enough, but it's one step forward," an exhausted-looking Principal Yoshio Yamane told reporters.

One step forward on minor issues and two steps back on major ones does not a fierce advocate make.

One woman is crying hysterically because she is afraid of water, and the dorm boss can't get her to take one step forward.

"But one step forward is not good enough for us, because our kids have a ticking time clock".

Farmers are told their crops must be destroyed if they are to access such projects, leaving them with no source of income: they can take one step forward, but not before taking two steps back.