Sentences with phrase «positive step in the right direction»

This is a very positive step in the right direction.

I believe that the Australian Government took several positive steps in the right direction during the Reporting Period.

That being said, these have been a huge and very positive step in the right direction.

«Calls on the Government to review existing legislation to ensure that prospective owners should always see the puppy or kitten with its mother, and to ban the sale of puppies and kittens from retail centres or puppy supermarkets, would be a really positive step in the right direction for animal welfare in the UK.»

TulsaPets Magazine thinks that anything that can be done to help decrease animal euthanasia rates due to overpopulation, by placing animals into adoptive homes, and by increasing spay & neuter awareness to help prevent the problem in the first place, and by enforcing existing City ordinances, will be a very positive step in the right direction.

«The exemption represented a positive step in the right direction but we still have a lot more work to do,» Trudeau told the room full of aluminum workers.

«It's a positive step in the right direction but there's a heck of a long way to go for changing the culture around child marriage in India.»

Supporting the calls, CARE's Director of Parliamentary Affairs Dr Dan Boucher said: «This is a positive step in the right direction».

«We want all of our events to operate as environmentally and socially responsibly as possible, and by making our flagship conference completely meat free through this new partnership with Meat Free Monday, we have taken a positive step in the right direction.»

Meanwhile, Dinnery adds that midfielder Victor Wanyama has «stepped up his rehabilitation» with regards to his knee injury, and so although he isn't yet close to a return to action, it's another positive step in the right direction as he will hope to return to the fold sooner rather than later.

«Nick Clegg wanted it in the Queen's speech and that would have been a positive step in the right direction,» the party's president Tim Farron told the Today programme.

We are pleased that our ongoing negotiations with MTA resulted in their agreement to fund the service expansion, which was a positive step in the right direction that continues bridging Rockland County's multimillion dollar value gap.

Any positive step in the right direction can be helpful.

While Social Security is not sufficient as a stand - alone benefit, extending coverage to teachers would be a positive step in the right direction.

Whether or not increasing standards is a positive step in the right direction depends on one's perspective.

Moving to a competency - based learning system — in which time becomes the variable and student learning the constant — is a positive step in the right direction if the outcomes are valid and rigorous.

Wayne Norrie, Chief Executive of Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust, which runs Nottingham Academy and Nottingham Girls» Academy, said: «The Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust recognises the national issue of workload pressure on teachers and sees the EIB's Fair Workload Charter as a positive step in the right direction to tackling this.

«Bringing restorative practices into our district and school community is a positive step in the right direction, and a necessary shift to change the way young people address conflict and self - awareness / consciousness.»

«There is still a mountain to climb if we really want to make sure our most selective universities are accessible to all bright students, regardless of background, but today's plans are a positive step in the right direction.»

This is a positive step in the right direction, and we look forward to productive discussions with all multinational publishers to continue to make progress on pricing issues,» said Vickery Bowles, City Librarian at Toronto Public Library.

It is a positive step in the right direction for Google to offer encryption for its Android partners and developers on the platform.

In the end, the hardware is a positive step in the right direction.

It is a positive step in the right direction to increase brand awareness and generate more digital revenue.

It is a positive step in the right direction allowing eBooks to bear the once in a lifetime signing that makes tangible books so attractive.

Although the law doesn't mandate that rent reporting must be an option provided by all property managers and owners for all renters, it still represents a positive step in the right direction by officially acknowledging that rental payment data is an important part of the picture when evaluating a consumer's creditworthiness.

All were positive steps in the right direction, but developer EA Canada has a lot of grinding to do if it wants to stand among the best sports games.

Ubisoft's recent push towards releasing smaller, downloadable titles alongside its big hits has been a positive step in the right direction.

A new study by Berkeley Earth shows just how bad things have gotten there, despite some positive steps in the right direction lately: The new study shows that air pollution kills an average of 4000 people every day in China, 17 % of all China's deaths.

Although this is not ideal, moving to zero net emissions by 2050 - 60 is a positive step in the right direction.

«The use of conditional cautioning with a requirement to have a needs assessment undertaken at one of the Together Women Centres is a positive step in the right direction.»

We know that the contents of the article will really help to illuminate why choosing to work with the car accident lawyers at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. is always a positive step in the right direction.

Getting a traffic violation is not fun but dismissing the ticket with our company is a positive step in the right direction.

Moreover, if the upgrades are seen as a positive step in the right direction by a number of users, the network will get more users overall and the price should increase.

Injustice: Gods Among Us gets a lot right: it's a positive step in the right direction from both MK VS DC and Mortal Kombat, attempting to forge something new with a little help from what NetherRealm has offered in the past.

Today's announcement is a positive step in the right direction for all staff working in child care settings.

Today's announcement is a positive step in the right direction for addressing the long standing workforce issues in regulated child care and we will continue to work closely with provincial and municipal governments to address the need for a comprehensive workforce strategy for the regulated child care sector.

Seeking help is a positive step in the right direction.

If you and your boyfriend are both committed to saving the relationship, speaking to an experienced professional can be a positive step in the right direction.

Families at times need outside help to create a stability within the household; asking for help can be a positive step in the right direction.

Sharing your concerns with an empathetic, supportive therapist is a positive step in the right direction.

Again, anything you can do to arm yourself with information is a positive step in the right direction.

«It's a positive step in the right direction for evolving the MLS and keeping it relevant.»