There was a long pause, in which each of the three considered the inevitable next step, the one that would throw the community into turmoil.

But other officials there said the changes were an inevitable step in the gradual expansion of the bureau's intelligence role.

The poet only sees it as an inevitable step in the path of the Creator.

So, what about the inevitable next step - a defensive military force paid for directly by the corporations that would most benefit from its protection?

Thoughts about surveillance are the inevitable next step when virologists start asking themselves, "What can we do to stop it?"

No, she was not ready to put off the Eyes, to take the next remorseless and inevitable step her abdication would lead to.

Performing seemed to me an inevitable step toward polishing up the music I was learning.

But yesterday, the idea drew grudging acceptance from many subway riders, who seemed to view it as an inevitable next step.

This is a logical and inevitable step in the Union' s development.

Many large companies are now taking the next inevitable, but more difficult step in the process and closing to existing members".