Sentence examples for pushed a step from inspiring English sources

Greece has been pushed a step closer to default and potential exit from the euro after one of its main lenders, the International Monetary Fund, all but ruled out allowing the cash-strapped country to delay repaying the €1bn (£722m) due next month.

These promises and challenges are being pushed a step further: the proliferation of personal, digital data, so the argument goes, has created new opportunities for epidemiological research and public health interventions.

Commerzbank is keen to push a step-by-step co-operation, starting with a joint venture in one area say, retail banking—and moving to other ventures if that works out.

So the problem is merely pushed back a step.

Our hike began near green No. 7, where Mr. Nauman pushed a big branch aside to step into the woods.

I think you could push this a step further.

The decision sharply narrows Saab's room for maneuvering and pushes it a step closer to collapse.

The decision sharply narrows its room for maneuvering and pushes it a step closer to financial collapse.

Ms. Bloom's variations on cowboy cutouts exploit the simplification of cartoon imagery and push it a step further toward abstraction.

LBOs are famously good for shareholders and bad for bondholders: they are usually done at a premium to the existing share price, they maximise returns to new shareholders too, and by loading the company with new debt they push it a step closer to bankruptcy, to the chagrin of old bondholders.

One of the reasons he doesn't is that it might get in the way of speculation, which, while consistent with generally accepted scientific principles, often pushes them a step or two farther than most scientists would be willing to go.