This was a revolutionary step, as it did not follow the convention of promotion based on time served.

A revolutionary step had to be taken which involved building a new church in another area.

He introduced privatization, a revolutionary step that reversed 70 years of state ownership.

That was a revolutionary step in the sense of social mobility occurred thereafter.

Such a conviction also encouraged the Commission to call for revolutionary steps to increase food production.

The emergence of an articulate minority where there was none before is a potential revolutionary step.

It was a revolutionary step, and now his American interlocutor is gone.

The new professor himself said it could not be a "revolutionary step" for a university to include study of "the national history".

What he was talking about would amount to a revolutionary step for the Communist leadership, a redefinition of their victory 25 years ago.