61.   There was no need for tentative steps of discovery but nevertheless it was as if this were the very first time.

62.   The prosecution claims that Westmore James got into a row with the cousin, and stabbed him in the neck on the steps of a social security office.

63.   Police have taken the unusual step of naming and releasing the photograph of a man they wish to question in connection with an alleged double rape of a teenager.

64.   The situation has prompted the prison governor to take the unusual step of refusing to accept any more remand prisoners.

65.   Linda Joyce toasts a successful judgement to the cameras on the steps of the High Court.

66.   And crucial to every step of the show, is the wardrobe.

67.   The Princess of Wales has taken the rare step of issuing a statement on recent newspaper reports about her relationship with the Queen.

68.   There is a spring in the step of people here.

69.   THE FIRST step of a plan to transform the former Ravenscraig steel complex in Lanarkshire was taken yesterday.

70.   He went out and sat on the top step of the staircase like a banished child waiting to be admitted.