The soldiers knelt down, shed tears and finally they stepped down to let the monks go, reported the witnesses from Mandalay.

He said, Come! Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.

Any number of developing countries, from China to India to Brazil, could easily step up if the US foolishly stepped down.

When Andy stepped down, he said, No technology will win. Technology itself will win.

But macroeconomic reform came to a screeching halt after Koizumi stepped down in 2006.

Moreover, Hu stepped down as the chairman of the Central Military Commission sooner than expected.

Ahidjo stepped down on 4 November 1982 and left power to his constitutional successor, Paul Biya.

Sun stepped down as President, and Yuan became the new provisional president in Beijing on 10 March 1912.

Humanitarian relief efforts in that province were winding down, while resettlement and reintegration efforts were being stepped up.

Azali stepped down in 2002 to run in the democratic election of the President of the Comoros, which he won.

Amnesty International and Reporters sans frontieres both stepped away from the process.

Sami stepped out the door.

Sami stepped on dog excrement.

Sami stepped out of the shower.

In the general election in March 2004 the first since Mahathir stepped down after 22 years in power moderate Muslims helped Abdullah Badawi to a landslide victory.

He stepped on my foot on purpose.

We stepped inside a small, bare room.

Thirdly, international cooperation should be stepped up.

Official assistance to countries fighting poverty and resurfacing from conflict is much needed and must be stepped up.

But macroeconomic reform came to a screeching halt after Koizumi stepped down in 2006. A series of short term prime ministers began a pattern of huge government outlays.

In the election of 1985 the coalition lost its majority but stayed in office until 1986, when it stepped down after losing a parliamentary vote on petrol taxes.

Some people jumped off from the building and some were stepped by other people while they were running, she added.

When she stepped down 11 years later (the country s longest serving prime minister since Lord Liverpool left office in 1827) Britain was among Europe s and the world s most dynamic economies.

They threatened to crash until the state stepped in.

Efforts to combat child labour should be stepped up.

In that two year period, Chavez stepped on the gas for his social reforms education, health care, etc. and also in regard to breaking down the country s excessive concentrations of wealth.

The rise of graffiti continued even after the regime stepped down. Artists took it to a different level, and thought that murals could be a way to commemorate the revolution's martyrs.

Into this fray stepped the US and its Western allies.

France has stepped up its monitoring of China s African activities.

Iranian authorities stepped up the pressure on Iranian media last week.

And by regretted it, I mean that I stepped outside of the tattoo place this is just a couple miles from here down on the Lower East Side and I had a massive emotional meltdown in broad daylight on the corner of East Broadway and Canal Street.

As Wael Ghonim, the Google Egyptian executive by day, secret Facebook activist by night, famously said to CNN after Mubarak stepped down, If you want to liberate a society, just give them the Internet.

The prize is given to a recently retired African head of state or government who was democratically elected, stepped down at the end of his or her constitutionally mandated term, and demonstrated exceptional leadership.

for an angel went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made whole of whatever disease he had.

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

In recognition of this, China has stepped up its efforts to mend fences.

Denmark continues to believe that pressure on the parties should be stepped up.

Even against tiny Bhutan, China has stepped up its lands claims through military incursions.

The rats have it good the one I accidentally stepped upon was already fat.

After two days of violence the military stepped in and the violence immediately ended.

Teaching in the scripts of the ethnic people was stepped up with 8 languages.

In the 18 days Mubarak remained in power after the start of anti regime protests, some 900 protestors are estimated to have been killed by regime forces and thousands more arrested until he finally stepped down in February 2011.

Recently, international cooperation in minimizing the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster has been stepped up.

Within the Department, internal communication has been stepped up to ensure better exchanges of information.

In turn, the military stepped in from time to time once every four years on average since 1932 ostensibly to suppress corruption, but retarding democratic rule in the process.