Stepping-stone Sentence Examples

Ethel took one glance at Dean's occupation and knew she had hit neither a financial bonanza nor a stepping-stone to anything but fiscal mediocrity.

This class has been a stepping-stone for many Olympic sailors world-wide.

There could be no better way to make her mark than in a movie that resounded with young audiences across the country, but this was simply a stepping stone for Fisher.

Thus they make Mer y a sort of watch tower over the entrance into Afghanistan on the north-west and at the same time create a stepping-stone or etape between north-east Persia and the states of Bokhara and Samarkand.

Through the influence of Samuel Wilberforce, he was offered the post of sub-almoner to Queen Victoria, always recognized as a stepping-stone to the episcopal bench, and his refusal of it was honourably consonant with all else in his career as an Anglican dignitary, in which he united pastoral diligence with an asceticism that was then quite exceptional.

Lamb, The Dynamical Theory of Sound (1910), is intended as a stepping-stone to the study of-the writings of Helmholtz and Rayleigh.

It does not of itself give the student a view of the true relations of plants, and by leading to the discovery of the name of a plant, it is only a stepping-stone to the natural system.

It contemplated a restoration of all the religions of antiquity, by allowing each to retain its traditional forms, and at the same time making each a vehicle for the religious attitude and the religious truth embraced in Neoplatonism; while every form of ritual was to become a stepping-stone to a high morality worthy of mankind.

Except as a stepping-stone to a seat in Congress or a high executive post, the place is not one which excites the ambition of aspir-ing men.

In 1889 he saw the work accomplished by his society (of which he had been made director the same year) recognized by the passing of an act for the pre - vention of cruelty to children, the first stepping-stone to the act of 1908 (see Law relating to children).

In practice the office has become a stepping-stone to the priesthood, the deacon corresponding to the licentiate in the Presbyterian Church.

It was the perfect stepping stone for what was to come next.

At this point a papyrus of stories written in the popular language of the Middle Kingdom provided Erman with a stepping-stone from Old Egyptian to the Late Egyptian of the Neuagyptische Grammatik, and gave the connections that would bind solidly together the whole structtire of Egyptian grammar (see Sprache des Papyrus Westcar, 1889).

The bars are a stepping-stone to mixing with the locals and a place where vino tinto and tapas are particularly useful bargaining tools.

The goal here is to be flexible enough to move beyond the original idea and either make it better or use it as a stepping stone to something related but different.

You don't have to be an artist or a mason to create a unique stepping stone.

If you visit a local hobby shop, you'll discover that there are a variety of stepping stone kits available for the novice artist to use.

If the new parents simply don't have time to do one of these themselves, you can create a stepping stone to give to them.

Having a professional work with you to help you understand the process of changing negative cognitions into positive ones can be the stepping stone to doing it yourself.

Perhaps this will be a wake up call for Haley Joel Osment, and he will use it as a stepping stone to get what was once a stellar acting career back on track.

The role that would provide Matthew McConaughey a stepping stone into Hollywood almost didn't happen.

For some students, the master's degree is a stepping-stone to a doctorate degree, creating a foundation of research and teaching responsibilities.

Troy's Associate of Science degree is available to students seeking a two-year final degree, or who are utilizing this program as a stepping stone towards a bachelor's degree.

For some people, community colleges serve as a stepping stone to acceptance into college or university when their grades are not up to par for the school they want to attend.

The starting pay on many video game blogs may not be very high, but they can serve as a stepping stone toward a full-time position at a major video game magazine.

Adolescents try on different social roles as they interact with peers, and peers serve as a social stepping stone as adolescents move away from their emotional dependence upon their parents and toward autonomous functioning as an adult.

It gives you a simple stepping-stone to from which to start.

In addition to providing safe entertainment, coloring encourages creative thinking, helps develop fine motor control and patience, and is a stepping-stone to more complex activities, such as writing.

If you are looking for a stepping stone into further education, you should list that information in your "Objectives" section.

As they go up, each becomes a kind of stepping stone for the next level of the pyramid, whether it be vertical or horizontal.

I thought, now that we were on the air and I was getting some attention, it would be a very nice stepping stone to what I wanted to be doing.