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learned that several inmates were planning to escape, he took steps to balk their attempt.

They took steps to prevent the Duchess becoming a Royal Highness partly out of fear that the marriage would not last.

Faced with complaints that ordinary citizens were being forced out of the market, officials took steps last fall to rein in prices.

He took steps to become a good comic.

They took steps to provide assistance to the most vulnerable economies, even as they faced exceptional financial needs at home.

Government regulators, for instance, took steps to generally slow down industry growth and restrict the number of start-up carriers.

And over time, he and successive administrations took steps to mitigate that risk and curtail the spread of nuclear weapons.

As the handover approached, numerous clients took steps to "book" assets in Singapore.

The issue before them was whether Clinton should go ahead with the summit if Yeltsin took steps that looked dictatorial.

In response to the economic downturn, Britain also took steps to keep younger people from spending long periods on the dole.

The forum also took steps towards setting up a permanent secretariat.

The authorities also took steps to persuade university students to stay on campus.

It also took steps to coax homeowners into shorter-term loans and encourage more banks to participate in the program.

We promptly took steps to carry out disaster relief work and rebuild disaster - hit areas.

Earlier this week, the company took steps to delay its proposed deal to acquire the 60. 9% of BSkyB it doesn't own.

It took steps to insure against global financial risks, although we still need to follow up on pledges.

Together, they took steps toward their northernmost goal.

These countries also took steps to liberalize trade, notes the report.

And sometimes I forget that I actually took steps to get here.

City Manager Doug Worden says Burlington took steps to prevent severe property damage after the record floods of fifteen years ago.

But rather than reducing quarter-end debt, Lehman took steps to hide it.

Japan took steps three decades ago to shift from coal and oil to natural gas.

When it broke cloud cover at around 400ft, the pilots saw the ground and the runway and immediately took steps to avoid it.

The government finally took steps to stabilize the system with TARP in late 2008 and stress tests for the banks in early 2009.

I took steps to assure myself of his guilt.

We recognized the possibility and took steps to prevent it happening.

Beijing took steps Tuesday to curb the kinds of high-risk loans that can create housing bubbles, as happened in the United States.

Governor Reeder took steps to make the voting fair.

They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.

For instance, early last week the People's Republic of China took steps that may do your retirement portfolio a favor.

After the government took steps to try to shake up the equity market, share prices rebounded sharply last year.

The gov't took steps to expand energetically consumption scope to facilitate the growth of domestic demand