Example sentences of "[adv] a short step " in BNC.
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| 1 | The durability of the Royal Scotsman over five long seasons of operation , with the top tour price now only a short step away from £3,000 was proven by 1989 , but even as this book was being prepared for press , there were changes in the wind which may prove to be a sterner test of the depth of the elitist train-tour market . |
| 2 | It was only a short step from here to the so-called ‘ New Pop ’ of Duran Duran , Wham ! and Culture Club , with ABC standing by as a rather aloof and better-dressed alternative . |
| 3 | British socialism , so alien to the American way of life , was to them only a short step away from communism , which they feared would engulf the whole of Europe . |
| 4 | The pool area is an ideal spot for soaking up that golden tan and is only a short step to the beach . |
| 5 | But where this liberty was not balanced by responsibility the Reformation made man so free under God that it was only a short step to his being free from God . |
| 6 | Initially this could be a minor subject in a combined studies degree ( Computer Science and EP or Library Science and EP ) but this is likely to be only a short step before the full degree course materializes . |
| 7 | In publicising one 's own methods it becomes only a short step to maintaining that this personal success is general success and can be achieved only through this personal approach . |
| 8 | Furthermore , they will still resist drawing conclusions about the proximity of the mass media to state institutions despite the fact that , as in the case of Blumler and Gurevitch ( see p. 19 above ) , it is only a short step away from their analyses and conclusions . |
| 9 | From there , it could be only a short step to Anglo-French war . |
| 10 | From this it was only a short step to total involvement in folk culture , and his ability to play the gipsy violin led him to join the Gyorgyos Bokreta group , which at that time offered a programme of traditional songs and dances from the Bata region . |
| 11 | From there it was only a short step to deciding to publish a title about the technology . |
| 12 | In many ways , it is only a short step from communications to IT and , with every year that passes , the gap is closing . |
| 13 | From here it is only a short step to polychoral music — two or more choirs separately positioned . |
| 14 | It 's only a short step from desiring peace to seeking it , of course . |
| 15 | It 's only a short step from thinking Neville Chamberlain hard done by to blaming Churchill for his ills . |
| 16 | From master to master-race was thus only a short step . |
| 17 | It is now only a short step to think of comparing ‘ local ’ specific mortality patterns ( m a ) with a standard ( m s ) by means of a weighted average over the age groups of the ratios of m a to m s , using as weights the deaths that would be expected locally if the standard specific mortalities were to apply , i.e. m s x P a This is called the standardized mortality ratio ( SMR ) . |
| 18 | From that it was just a short step to encouraging the animals to help him hunt , no doubt a piece of teamwork from which both benefited . |
| 19 | It is also a short step from here to the rhetorical balance of the fourfold repetition of the ‘ In such a night ’ speech in the Merchant of Venice ( V.i . ) . |
| 20 | Ashton makes brilliant use of this in his version of the solo , phrasing the steps so that a jump upwards can last three beats followed by two short steps or two beats followed by a long and then a short step . |