The phrase "a big steady" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe something that is large and stable, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He has a big steady job that provides him with a reliable income."
Alternatives: "a large stable" or "a significant steady".
Even Milton Friedman, the most passionate advocate of flexible currencies, believed that currency union with a big steady neighbour was the best policy for small developing economies.
At high signal intensity, the CCD matrix enters the saturation regime and works with large distortions that lead to a big steady component and the appearance of higher harmonics.
At ViaSat, which makes and services satellite equipment and data networks, hiring never stopped during the recession, in part because the firm has a big, steady client, the U.S. military, which is using ViaSat equipment in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Abbotts have to maintain their quiet (though Lee has discovered that, when there's a big and steady sound nearby, such as the rush of a waterfall, it's safe to speak, since the voices don't escape it), and so, there's almost no verbal dialogue in the film (there's more dialogue in sign language, which is subtitled).
Its 19.6% long-term growth rate and high sales (more than $3 billion in the past year) make the stock a "stalwart," according to this approach the type of big, steady company Lynch found offered protection in tough times though that growth rate puts it right on the cusp of being a fast-grower.
As for a throwaway line, it's hard to throw away: you only sell the big, steady numbers that Adele, Lady Antebellum and Eminem sell by reaching the casual consumers, who don't frantically scour mediafire for links: people who still go to shops.
Big, steady Dave Merrill quietly absorbed the almost physical shock, then began worrying if the revelation would divide the team.
Some states have leased toll roads, generating big up-front payments and outsourcing operating and maintenance costs, but also giving up big, steady streams of future revenue.
You ask, "Is there is no big, steady, seasoned figure Bill Clinton can call into the Oval Office to show him the spot where the buck stops and what he, as President, must therefore do?" ("Bill Clinton's 29 Months," editorial, July 29).
EPA critics argue that the plan will force big, steady-running coal power plants that generate "baseload" electricity to close or scale back, making the power supply less reliable.
(Of course, all of those comparative speculations assume that the number of impregnated women would have remained steady otherwise--a big if).
