Sentences with phrase «positive first step»

If you struggle with addiction, seeking treatment is a powerful, positive first step toward eventual recovery.

He added: «I believe the most positive first step of a new minister of the environment would be to end the squandering of the taxpayer's money on the current hopeless botch of a badger cull, and invest instead in the BACVI - the first real positive step towards eradication of the disease.»

Still, shareholders who've pushed for companies to close the pay gap between CEOs and employees are calling this a positive first step.

«We view the openness to negotiations as a positive first step that could move the two sides to potential solutions on some issues,» Ed Mills, Washington policy analyst at Raymond James, said in a Tuesday note.

Drafting a good quarterback could be a positive first step for the next front - office hire.

All and all, «positive first steps, more work needed» is a good summary on many of this budget's action items.

Rescinding President Obama's contraception and transgender bathroom mandates, reinstating the Mexico City policy, and nominating a suitable replacement for Justice Scalia would be positive first steps.»

I can assist you in creating a joyful and memorable welcoming moment for your baby as a positive first step on the journey of life.

«We think New York can go further,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, who described Cuomo's legislation as a «positive first step.»

This action plan is a positive first step in developing a coherent long term strategy for the management of this once indigenous species»

Today's announcement that the police officer involved in Ms. Danner's fatal shooting will face charges is a positive first step towards addressing an issue that has been long neglected, and that is how to deal with our mentally ill residents in volatile situations.

Reaching out to IDS with praise is a positive first step.

This may take more than one election cycle, but it would be a positive first step.

The plan takes a positive first step by offering industry, non-governmental organizations and other groups the opportunity to voluntarily submit safety data on engineered nanoscale materials.

While designing mannequins with less emaciated physiques won't solve the problem of eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia, it could be a positive first step, the researchers said.

NCLB provided significant support for our nation's most vulnerable children and was considered a positive first step.

Planning for a warm and friendly learning environment for your student is a positive first step in starting the school year.

Arthur Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship program, which provides an alternative pathway to teaching for career switchers, said Nova is taking a positive first step.

The UK Government's endorsement of the recommendations is a positive first step, but it now needs to move from high - level government support to specific support and active involvement from financial regulators, such as the FCA.

In some cases, a guilty plea is a demonstration of remorse and a positive first step towards rehabilitation.

While you've taken a positive first step in the right direction, you're not done yet.

While this is a positive first step, there is still much for the churches as institutions, communities of faith, and as distinct sections of society, to initiate.

Fortunately, your decision to seek counseling is a positive first step.

Coming to therapy can be a positive first step to getting the help you might need and it can help you heal from the inside out.»

The discussion following CoStar's presentation made one thing clear: while possessing reliable data on NOAH as an asset class is a positive first step, determining how the stock's affordability and quality can be maintained to serve middle - income, working households remains a significant challenge for policy makers and advocates.