11.   The government has taken a number of steps this year to improve living conditions, such as releasing stockpiled food into government stores.

12.   There have been halting steps this year toward reconciliation between the government and some independence activists.

13.   Cavanaugh said the United States as well as several European Union members wanted to take concrete steps this year that would put an end to the problem.

14.   Davis said RTZ and CRA had already taken significant steps this year to generate the synergies they foresaw at the announcement of their merger last October.

15.   The US government has taken several steps this year to try to push the Northern Ireland peace process forward.

16.   The governent has taken several steps this year to reduce press, audiovisual and cultural freedoms in general.