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Meanings of retrograde step in английском

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Usage of retrograde step in английском
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The idea of criminalising consensual sex between adults is a retrograde step.
The Guardian
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It is a retrograde step... it is an infringement of civil liberties.
The Guardian
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It was a most retrograde step to take them off our screens.
The Irish Times
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How can any Minister for Education support such a retrograde step?
The Irish Times
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The proposal to move the theatre would be a retrograde step.
The Irish Times
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It's not perfect, but to introduce division now is a complete retrograde step.
The Guardian
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This is in no way a retrograde step, but a true expression of pluralism.
The Irish Times
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Unfortunately we cannot afford so late in our story to make any retrograde step.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
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What a frightful series of dangerous wars would date from his first retrograde step!
History of the Expedition to Russia / Undertaken by the Emperor ...
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Critics said the minority Conservative government was taking a retrograde step that would harm women.
Reuters
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But 10 former environment ministers have criticised the measures as a " retrograde step".
The Guardian
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It is a retrograde step that should be reversed.
The Irish Times
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Abolishing these tests would be a terrible, retrograde step.
The Guardian
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He said: This is obviously a retrograde step.
Reuters
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Nationalism, anywhere, seems to me a retrograde step.
The Guardian
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I suppose it's a retrograde step in civilization.
The Odd Women
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