1.   Hopp also said that SAP continues to take preparatory steps to be listed on a New York exchange.

2.   Indeed, while Keller may have come up with his butter poaching technique independently, his preparatory step has been around for years.

3.   Last month, Japan lifted sanctions against North Korea, a step that was seen as a preparatory step for normalizing relations.

4.   Netanyahu also seems to be taking a preparatory step toward a unity government.

5.   The initial preparatory step was a wish list of paintings, sculpture and photography.

6.   The move is a preparatory step, as the government will reach the current debt ceiling about late October.

7.   When Netanyahu invited him back to the Cabinet, it was seen as a preparatory step for a unity government with the opposition.

8.   While experts urge grown children to raise the issue of inheritance earlier rather than later, they recommend taking a few preparatory steps first.

9.   Some preparatory steps have been taken.

10.   The ASEAN delegation in Rangoon held a seminar Monday to discuss the ASEAN Free Trade Area and preparatory steps for joining ASEAN, the newspaper reported.