That is the first step.

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

The first step is early engagement.

The meeting would constitute a first step in this direction.

The first step is always the hardest.

This was the first step in opening up the vast interior.

But, this only marks the 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.

The first step should be to increase transparency.

The first step is transparency the second is accountability.

Rather, it is only the first step in the long, hard peacebuilding process.

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

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

But this can only be a first step.

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

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

This was regarded by our Group as the first step in the right direction.

Fighting malnutrition is the first step toward reaching this objective.

The planned Geneva II conference is a necessary first step.

Educational reform could be the first step in an evolutionary process of significant change.

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

But seeing it clearly is an important first step.

Measuring the degree of vulnerability to food insecurity is the first step in poverty assessment.

Notification is the first step in combating impunity, protecting the victims and ensuring their rights.

Thus, they are not the first step in the process of democratisation, but the last step in a preparatory phase in which at least two conditions have been created.

Speaking about discrimination, injustice, violence is the first step toward change.

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

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

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.

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

ForgingThe first step is to clean the blank using a heavy forge.

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

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.

I think it's the first step toward that. That's the long term goal.

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

Anyway, the first step has been taken and its importance cannot be overestimated.

Advance planning is the first crucial step towards effective management of conference services.

The authorities first step was to authorize Chinese companies to use the renminbi in cross border trade settlements.

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

Reinvigorating these institutions is the first step toward solving the global economy s current problems.

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

An important first step has been the establishment of the Group Against Human Trafficking .