After the Clinton Administration decision, some technical steps are still necessary - and the experience of recent months shows that unexpected problems can arise.

The deal is also a big technical step forward for At Home.

The agreement, under negotiation for several months, awaits only technical steps before it is consummated.

Come the opening night the dancer changed Grant's choreography completely and put in more technical steps.

"Security aside, we are better than on track," she said at a news conference, detailing the technical steps that had been taken.

The Government says it will discuss only the technical steps needed to achieve a cease-fire.

This is therefore a very important step, not a technical step, but an important political step.

So what are the technical steps that will be taken now?

Joint decision-making therefore amounts to the most important technical step as regards securing genuine progress.

The application of industrial porcelain enamel can be a complicated process involving many different and very technical steps.