steps towards vs steps toward

Some examples from the web:

• And one of the steps towards my recovery is atonement.
• However, it is evident that the time has arrived for Europe to make choices between further steps towards a common future or a nationalistic path.
• Serbia is taking its first steps towards the European Union.
• Any steps towards withdrawal from occupied territory - albeit limited - are to be welcomed.
• These measures represent essential steps towards genuine consumer protection for European holidaymakers purchasing this type of holiday.
• We strongly believe that the Turkish Government will be embarking upon taking steps towards implementing our recommendations.
• COSAC expresses its support for the reform and stabilisation process in the Western Balkans as steps towards the integration of these countries into the European Union.
• That is why it is important for us to take further steps towards reforming fisheries and agriculture.
• Defiance takes its first steps towards righting an old wrong and honoring the values which we've come to stand for.
• And then when I made steps towards recovery, he sends her back to me.
• The most important task here is to get over the blockade preventing further steps towards integration by abolishing the unanimity rule.
• Moreover, Latvia explains that the State took all possible steps towards forcing BAS to fulfil its commitment.
• The institutions are taking the required steps towards transversal action in the process of concluding the constitutional foundation.
• Take no further steps towards marriage until we meet.
• President Bouteflika has taken steps towards opening up Algeria.
• An SSM is the basis for the next steps towards a banking union.
• Both these issues are very important steps towards strengthening cooperation in the defence sector.
• The first hesitant steps towards a negotiated solution have been accomplished with a certain amount of pain.
• That is a response to the scepticism regarding further steps towards integration.
• Many of the Member States have already taken steps towards this goal.

Some examples from the web:

• Saudi Arabia today is taking small steps toward enhancing women's rights.
• Early steps toward interest-rate liberalization and hints of reform of the antiquated hukou (residential permit) system are also encouraging.
• It's what's happening to our city... which is taking big steps toward barbarism.
• If you take one step toward Allah... he'll take two steps toward you.
• But it would be the first steps Toward a source of terrestrial antimatter.
• Moreover, the university's Startup Sauna seed-accelerator program helps promising early-stage startups take their first steps toward success.
• Any alleged proof of such activities would need verification before any further steps toward a unity ticket could be taken, of course.
• If I say yes, you take two steps toward me.
• That is why some economists believe that China should take much bolder steps toward allowing the renminbi's exchange rate to strengthen.
• China and Japan seem to be taking steps toward better relations, after a period of high tensions.
• A man said there were five steps toward making amends.
• The big deal is, he is taking his first steps toward becoming...
• That could be a turning point, provided it is adequately reinforced with additional steps toward greater integration.
• Administrative reforms have only just begun, and while there have been important steps toward judicial reform, more are needed.
• The Council's position is that we strongly support the Commission's initiatives to try to 'engineer' steps toward the negotiating table, where possible trying to use economic measures as well as political ones.
• Although some attempt is made to keep things in perspective (in the shape of the phrase 'provided that Belarus takes steps toward democratisation'), the press release does seem, to put it mildly, somewhat premature.
• Yet what of Portugal, Ireland, and (especially) Spain, all of which have taken significant steps toward reform since the crisis?
• noting that the Charter takes a number of important steps toward strengthening the OSCE's ability to prevent conflicts as well as its capacity to settle and rehabilitate societies ravaged by war and destruction,
• Steps toward unification exhibit the simplicity.
• And so today, this hospital is about to take major steps toward leading that revolution.