Letting the girl go free was the first vital step toward our own safety.

Connecting more people with the web is a vital first step.

After months of persecution, he had decided upon the vital step.

The resumption of trade was a vital first step but they could not go back to the old ways.

That was a vital step for a man whose views on intelligence issues were not well known.

That will be one of the first vital steps to recovery.

But we have taken a clear and vital step toward our goal.

The second vital step is deciding how to handle money.

Rather, it's a vital step in beginning something new and wonderful.

The next vital step will be the enabling the officials elected to take office.