101.   The elections are seen as a crucial important step in restoring stability to the republic, which fought an inconclusive war of secession with Russia.

102.   The legislation is a crucial step toward eliminating the long delays that often plague stock market transactions in India.

103.   The meeting would be a crucial step forward in realizing an agreement between the king and the northern alliance to form a transitional government.

104.   The move is widely viewed as a crucial first step to economic recovery.

105.   The move was seen as a crucial first step in his bid to later dismiss the Cobra members from the party altogether.

106.   This is a crucial first step toward containing the losses and selling Barings -- either whole or in pieces.

107.   This is the crucial next step to moving the treaty on to New York.

108.   With the signing of a joint declaration in the official languages of both countries, a crucial step to normalize bilateral ties was made.

109.   The United States said on Wednesday that passing the law was a crucial step before the donor conference could be reconvened.

110.   The United States reaffirmed Wednesday that adoption of the law was a crucial step before the donor conference could be convened.