Example sentences of "stepped in [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Tokyo and Paris finance ministries have stepped in to push through changes . |
| 2 | His mother had stepped in to fill the embarrassed silence . |
| 3 | On the other hand , especially in the industrial sector , library and information services may be non-existent and in cases like these polytechnic libraries or university libraries ( eg technological universities like the University of Bradford and Loughborough University of Technology ) have stepped in to fill the gap of information training . |
| 4 | With a child 's resilience she had quickly adjusted to the loss of her mother , who had never been more than a glamorous appendage on the periphery of her world , and Sally had stepped in to fill the breach more than adequately . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , as you know , my good wife has stepped in to fill the breach , and — ’ |
| 6 | TV comedy writer Carla Lane has stepped in to save 50 pigeons from a council executioner . |
| 7 | FRIENDS of racehorse trainer Will Pearce , who killed himself with a shotgun , have stepped in to save his debt-ridden stables . |
| 8 | In many areas , the state has stepped in to perform such acts . |
| 9 | Britain , as the largest of these , had stepped in to sort out the country 's chaotic finances . |
| 10 | When public order was threatened in 1936 — 7 the government hastily stepped in to implement palliative legislation limiting freedom of political expression , but this seemed to keep the problem within bounds . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , the Government has stepped in to underwrite the cost of bomb damage to shore up confidence in the British insurance industry and the reputation of the City of London as a world financial centre although that , ironically , may encourage just as much as it may discourage the IRA . |
| 12 | Church and General Insurance have stepped in to underwrite the league competitions for 1993/94 . |
| 13 | But another charity , The Knights of St Columba , has stepped in to put unsold stock to good use by sending it to help needy families in Poland . |
| 14 | A health clinic has stepped in to help patients who ca n't find a dentist to treat them on the National Health Service . |
| 15 | Middlesbrough 's Beechwood and Easterside Social Club have also stepped in to help by staging a gala night , and the local Robin Hood Hotel will boost funds with a snooker tournament . |
| 16 | HOUSING officers have stepped in to help a mum who says her three children are virtual prisoners in their new home . |
| 17 | Everybody knew that if Everett had not stepped in to buy all those unsold shares , the company would have been a dead duck . |
| 18 | Others commemorated the great events of Israel 's history , the occasions when in an unmistakable way God had stepped in to deliver his people . |
| 19 | Where existing standards fall short of complete clarity , allowing abuses to develop , or where there seems to be misunderstanding of the law , the Task Force has stepped in to bring about correction . |
| 20 | But management at Redworth Hall hotel , near Heighington , have stepped in to offer the delighted couple a top suite and romantic candlelit meal to celebrate Valentine 's Day in style . |
| 21 | Council officials in Hartlepool have stepped in to ensure that members of the town 's branch of the Durham Light Infantry Association are able to attend a special reunion of wartime comrades . |
| 22 | In addition to the secretary of state for the environment , the director-general of water services , and the EC commissioners , regulators include the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( which has already stepped in to prevent unwelcome mergers ) ; the local authorities ( responsible for monitoring and controlling the standard of clean water supplies ) ; the Drinking Water Inspectorate ( the auditor of technical standards ) ; the National Rivers Authority ( responsible for monitoring and controlling pollution in rivers , lakes and coastal waters , and for maintaining sea walls ) ; Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , HMIP ( which grants consents for the release of toxic substances into the environment ) ; and the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ( responsible for granting consents for disposals at sea ) . |
| 23 | Indeed , when a police authority has instructed its local constabulary not to purchase stockpiles of baton rounds nor to undertake training in their use , the Home Office has stepped in to circumvent this instruction by allowing police forces to hold such devices on permanent loan . |