Obviously, that represents an encouraging first step in bridging Egypt s divides. But, just as obviously, it is only a first step.

But this can only be a first step.

The first step, a step by step approach, entails negotiations on a limited number of initial steps towards nuclear disarmament, with additional steps being considered once the first steps are achieved.

That is the first step.

Many hope it will be a first step towards a ban.

Adopting a comprehensive legal framework would be a useful first step.

As a first step, CARP had proposed convening a constituent assembly.

The planned Geneva II conference is a necessary first step.

The meeting would constitute a first step in this direction.

The first step is early engagement.

The report should be seen as a first step towards action.

The first step is always the hardest.

But, this only marks the first step.

And of course, the first step is admit you've got a problem.

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As a first step, cash donations were made to the countries affected.

ESA has decided to follow a step by step approach, assessing European interests and capabilities first, then defining a strategy at the European level as a preparatory step for a framework of future international cooperation.

The first step should be to increase transparency.

An attacker's first step is usually information gathering this step is delayed by security through obscurity.

Common and more integrated supervision is the first step towards a banking union.

In any case, a first step is to fashion and announce the programme.

But you don't get to start on step three, until you take step one first I can.

As a first step to recovery, the US must undertake serious financial sector reforms.

It is a necessary but insufficient first step for overhauling Egypt s stagnant political system.

Abandoning the Reaganesque ideology that government is inherently bad is a necessary first step.

The elections are but a first step the insurgency continues civil war remains possible.

The first step in this process is assigning a point group to the molecule.

The study is intended to be the first step of a longer, multistaged process.

And that's what comes to the first step here.

The first step is transparency the second is accountability.

But seeing it clearly is an important first step.

Now I don't pretend to have an answer to the Middle East conflict, but I think I've got a first step, literally, a first step, something that any one of us could do as third siders.

Our first stop is with Naseem Al Tarawnah, whose friend Tina kept herself busy giving us a step by step guide on how to make a snowbabe.

It is a first step towards Ukraine s eventual full integration into the EU Single Market.

Under staff rule 111.2 (a), this review constitutes the first step of the appeals process.

As a first step, the Treaty must be supplemented and strengthened in order to adapt it to twenty first century realities.

Fighting malnutrition is the first step toward reaching this objective.

Now that last mile, last foot, in a sense, is the first step of the infrastructure.

Indeed, the first step toward a potential chain of government insolvencies in Europe has been taken.

Diversification of energy sources is the first step needed to build a viable energy security strategy.

Paying attention to some of what the clowns are saying might be a good first step.

While legislation alone could not change deeply entrenched cultural practices overnight, it was a first step.

The emerging banking union is not only the first step toward a European fiscal union it is also the final step toward completing the European common market.

The new emphasis on national budgetary rules is a welcome development but it is only a first step.

It hoped that, as a significant first step towards that end, the Conference would arrive at a consensus.