| For the parent keen to endow their child with an educational edge, shared reading is an obvious stepping stone. |
|
| He built a stepping stone path across a stream to a big rock where he could hang his clothes out to dry. |
|
| He then sold out his former comrades-in-arms by accusing them of war crimes as a stepping stone to office. |
|
| Brand awareness should be a stepping stone to more concrete action, like opposing sweatshop labour, but it's not an end in itself. |
|
| He described the victory in the opening fixture of the group stage as a stepping stone for the season. |
|
| As the foreword of this book points out, it's only a stepping stone for aspiring kernel developers. |
|
| Whereas, in recent times, the diaconate was a stepping stone to priesthood, there is a long history of married deacons in the Church. |
|
| She made her way to his last safe step, and then tested each stone around it until she found a secure stepping stone. |
|
| But, all too often, it is used as a stepping stone to conventional skis or wakeboarding and the skill of kneeboarding is taken no further. |
|
| Gomez insists reclaiming his title is only a stepping stone to bigger things. |
|
| She ponders for a moment and then stresses that she does not consider it to be a stepping stone to anything. |
|
| Indian software engineers getting jobs in Europe use it as a stepping stone to America. |
|
| Little do people know that setbacks that they have in life can be turned into a stepping stone to success. |
|
| Immigration reformers saw this program as a stepping stone to drastically overhauling our current immigration policy. |
|
| The East Asia Summit is seen as the stepping stone to a more ambitious goal of an East Asian Community in the future. |
|
| The well-organised event was again a stepping stone to the Nationals in March, which this year will be held closer to home than usual at Leeds. |
|
| The National Community Games finals are often a stepping stone to greater things. |
|
| All clubs should really be involved in this series as it is the ideal stepping stone for the future. |
|
| This builds their confidence and lets them learn new skills, and can often be a stepping stone to finding paid work. |
|
| On one side were those who used the title as a stepping stone to get into the entertainment business. |
|
|
|
| It can be seen as an ultimate goal in itself, or as a stepping stone toward a legally binding treaty. |
|
| Nevertheless the availability of low quality jobs can, in some cases, act as a stepping stone to stable employment. |
|
| You see this as the first stepping stone to continuing negotiations and as a relationship between the committee and yourselves and your members. |
|
| That meeting is seen as a critical stepping stone towards a successful conclusion to this round of WTO negotiations. |
|
| We offer a wealth of challenging opportunities in Switzerland, and for those who are mobile, a stepping stone to a truly global company. |
|
| I think it is a stepping stone to a better overall understanding of our values on our land. |
|
| The Hong Kong Ministerial in December will be a critical stepping stone towards that goal. |
|
| Multilateral agreement on such measures would be an important stepping stone towards a strengthened legally binding multilateral regime. |
|
| We're seeing people who are coming here as a stepping stone to going out west. |
|
| It assists individuals in gaining work experience and acts as a stepping stone for future employment. |
|
| Buydens won the silver medal and hopes to use this as a stepping stone to more success, including a shot at the 2012 Olympic Games. |
|
| So it's clearly the quickest stepping stone to the White House. |
|
| It means setting achievable goals as a stepping stone to ultimate success. |
|
| The impression of a child's hand or foot can be pressed into modeling clay to make a wall hanging or quick drying cement to make a garden stepping stone. |
|
| I can understand your frustration, Rhona, if you're just taking baby steps all the time, from stepping stone to stepping stone. |
|
| But backwards compatibility makes this an excellent stepping stone into the Win8 era. |
|
| Geographically, of course, we were a stepping stone for air travel between North America and Europe. |
|
| If preferred Middle Fell can be used as a stepping stone onto Seatallan from the same point. |
|
| Urban reserves can be a stepping stone for the development of new Aboriginal businesses and a way into the mainstream job market for many First Nation people. |
|
| Appointment as a Commissioner of Assize was considered a stepping stone to become a Judge of the Supreme Court. |
|
|
|
| Some saw it as a stepping stone to independence, while others wanted to go straight for independence. |
|
| The Commonwealth Games is an ideal stepping stone. |
|
| Tikrit is seen by commanders as a key stepping stone on the way to reconquering IS's northern hub of Mosul, Iraq's second city. |
|
| The fact that some such obstacles still remain is regrettable, as a Europe-wide home market is a stepping stone to growth for European businesses and a precondition for creating more European world leaders. |
|
| The definition of stepping stone is unified and relatively blurry. |
|
| They must reach a compromise that could serve as a stepping stone to a convention that would ban all forms of cloning inconsistent with the dignity of mankind. |
|
| In time, the tribunate became a stepping stone to higher office. |
|
| In the SNP, there was division between those who saw devolution as a stepping stone to independence and those who feared it might detract from that ultimate goal. |
|
| He was a notch on her bedpost, a stepping stone on her quest for stardom. |
|
| This model's certainly a fully credible stepping stone from Focus family hatch mundanity to full premium status if that's what you're looking for in this size of car. |
|
| This new docking system is a key stepping stone as we look to the future of deep space exploration, said John Shannon, Boeing International Space Station program manager. |
|
