Sentence examples for voluntary steps from inspiring English sources

American hopes many of its job reductions can be achieved through voluntary steps, Mr. Wagner added.

But voluntary steps have not worked with industry in the past and will not now.

There was a huge ideological divide in the room, with the Democrats praising mandatory rules and Republicans hailing voluntary steps.

But she has run into vigorous opposition from some E.U. governments, including Britain's, that prefer that companies take voluntary steps.

Separately, Purdue officials have said they have taken voluntary steps in the past year to combat abuse of OxyContin and are working to reformulate the product.

Yet many corporations say that by taking some voluntary steps now, they hope to head off regulations that could be much more stringent.

She welcomed "this voluntary step from industry to bring internet services in line with the offline world".

Every step he took off the usual career trajectory of a defence scientist was a voluntary step into unfamiliar territory - be it the secret world of the intelligence services or the unmarked minefield of dealing with the press (something he did "brilliantly", according to a government insider, until May last year).

But what might have been perceived as a magnanimous gesture — a voluntary step down the career ladder out of concern for the city's children — quickly became a debacle when the school board made it clear that the job was not his for the taking.

A good time to take over at United? Moyes claims it is, or at least he did when he was still staging press conferences, though at this stage it seems inauspicious, to say the least, that Sir Alex Ferguson's voluntary step-down happened to coincide with José Mourinho's return to Chelsea.

Speed of voluntary stepping considered as an important skill to prevent a fall when balance is lost.