Sentence examples for overdue steps from inspiring English sources

These are praiseworthy but overdue steps.

The city is now starting to take some overdue steps to force contractors to operate more safely.

Mr Davutoglu proposed that the security council establish camps for refugees forced to flee their homes and take "long overdue steps" to help the suffering people.

He has taken some overdue steps: he has sacked several senior officers accused of connivance with paramilitary terrorism, and is seeking to improve the army's mobility and intelligence, as well as its general attitude towards brutality.But more is needed.

After decades where it seemed the league was either unable or unwilling to hold Sterling accountable, the NBA was finally taking long overdue steps to strip him of power.

Asked whether it had a cost estimate of its own or whether it viewed the utility group's estimates as accurate, the Environmental Protection Agency, which drafted the new rules, said that it was ordering "a series of common-sense and long overdue steps," and that the standards were achievable and relied on existing technology.

It is, Bain consultants believe, a long overdue step.

I say we can afford to take a small, overdue step in the direction of decency.

Allowing women to become bishops is another long overdue step towards gender equality in senior positions.

A gang rehabilitation centre is a necessary and overdue step towards ending the epidemic of gangs on our streets.

The Gonzalez debate, shameful though it has been, might give Congress the political cover to take this overdue step.