1.   Zhang Kou coughed, and Gao Ma silently moved a step closer to Jinju.

2.   He moved a step nearing the smaller of the two men, who happened to have two cameras slung around his neck.

3.   Eva moves a step towards me.

4.   Plans by Hibs football club for a twenty thousand seater stadium are likely to move a step nearer being realised this week.

5.   The public service super-union Unison moved one step closer yesterday when the union Nupe voted to back its creation at its annual conference in Scarborough.

6.   GLOBAL electronic mail, with desktop computers linking Courtaulds businesses round the world, has moved a step nearer reality.

7.   Also yesterday, some news services reported that the Federal Trade Commission had moved a step closer to launching an antitrust suit against the Santa Clara chip giant.

8.   An agreement to protect U.N. workers moved a step closer to becoming a formal treaty on Thursday when a dozen countries signed it.

9.   And move a step closer to the street.

10.   And they proceeded to overrun the Pallai army base this weekend, moving another step closer to Jaffna.