"This represents a step backwards to a militarised Soviet state.
For Walmart, this latest policy represents a step back in time.
Group messaging represents a step back from broadcasting.
But the plan represents a step back from earlier proposals, which called for a single regulator to oversee certain benchmarks.
For Bolloré Group, which is headed by the industrialist Vincent Bolloré, the move represents a step back from its ambitions of creating a broad-based French media company.
The bill, hotly debated by police, business and faith groups, represents a step back from an earlier proposal that would have broadened the state's trespassing law to encompass being in the state illegally.
A box office success in China, "The Grandmaster" represents a step back into the limelight for Mr. Wong after his maligned American road movie from 2007, "My Blueberry Nights".
The ban on assemblies represents a step back for Russia, after what seemed to be a thaw in the fall, when the authorities suddenly granted permits for rallies that had been banned for months.
Business groups — including the Texas Association of Business, the Texas Coalition for a Competitive Workforce and the Austin Chamber of Commerce — oppose the measure because they believe it represents a step back for student accountability.
With O2, the percentage of revenue from elsewhere in Europe will increase from 5% to 21%, and the proportion of fixed-line revenue will decrease by ten percentage points, in favour of wireless.Yet in some ways the deal represents a step back in time, not forward.
The Premier League no longer attracts the very best players, even if Paul Pogba represents a step back in that direction, because playing careers are comparatively short and the elite will always want a shot at Champions League glory that only the biggest teams in Spain and Germany have reliably offered of late.
