Sentence examples for serious steps towards from inspiring English sources

The party has taken no serious steps towards independence – but now the majority of Catalans say they would support independence if a referendum were called.

"Mr. Ahmadinejad wants to take serious steps towards improving ties with the United States before the elections," said Ibrahim Yazdi, a political analyst in Tehran.

He then seems to have fallen into a sort of depression, but started to recover when, on the encouragement of his lifelong supporter and brother Theo, he took his first serious steps towards becoming a painter.

Without serious steps towards handing over power to Mr Abbas ahead of an international aid conference in Cairo on October 12th, it fears donors will withhold the promised reconstruction.Hamas officials still try to put on a brave face.

Malaysia must take serious steps towards building a national reliability safety model.

After four years, Pinterest is taking its first serious steps towards monetization [Update: as its traffic moves from the web to mobile].

Cuttino said the standards were a serious step towards reducing greenhouse gases in transport, the fastest growing source of emissions in the US.

"This will go down in history as the first serious step towards a democratic transition in Egypt," says Omar Ashour, an Egyptian academic.

"I consider this, after the presidential elections, to be one more serious step towards strengthening Russian statehood and the creation of conditions for energetic, effective development in the coming years," he said on Monday during a visit to the Central Election Commission.

Reaction within the SNC was mixed, with some groups concerned that they would only control 22 seats on the leadership council, but the alliance's chairman George Sabra asserted at the time: "This is a serious step against the regime and a serious step towards freedom".

A subpoena is a more serious step.