1.   The company is taking steps to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

2.   The Government has taken steps to improve court procedures but it has steadfastly refused to introduce a legal right to interest.

3.   We need to take positive steps to improve the situation of families in poverty.

4.   She is not content with her present lot and wishes to take steps to improve it.

5.   A survey was given out to customers so that the company could take proactive steps to improve their service.

6.   Our refining costs remain lower than those of the industry and we are taking steps to improve on this advantaged position.

7.   With hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of other rare breeds there, managers are also taking steps to improve security.

8.   Analysts said the move indicates that software companies are taking steps to improve profits and lower costs.

9.   And the immigration service, long feared and despised for its bad service, is taking steps to improve.