The phrase "a brief step" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a short or quick action or movement in a process or procedure.
Example: "To improve your writing, take a brief step back and evaluate your main arguments."
Alternatives: "a quick step" or "a short step".
Only with the rise of personal computers did the user interface become more intelligent, responsive and graphical.The first version of the web was thus a brief step backward.
The aim of this review is to take a brief step back from addressing the question of evolutionary origins of prosocial behaviour in order to identify contextual factors that are contributing to variation in the expression of prosocial behaviour and hindering progress towards identifying phylogenetic patterns.
In the middle of my childhood, a brief step divided me from my next passion: writing.
He studied in France, served in the military and the diplomatic service before becoming interior minister in 1986, a brief stepping stone on the way to the prime minister's office and, in 1987, the presidency.
Set out below is a brief, step-by-step representation of the automated SPE procedure using the MPS system (numbers in brackets correspond to those in Figure 3a).
Set out below is a brief, step-by-step representation of sample hydrolysis and derivatization by the automated method using the MPS dual-beam system (numbers in brackets correspond to Figure 1b).
A brief step-down in light (1 second) induced bouts of high-speed swimming in control larvae, with an after-effect lasting for around 30 to 40 seconds (see Additional file 1, Figure S3e).
The reaction involved a brief denaturation step to denature the double-stranded insert and the linear vector, an annealing step for the overlapping ends of the insert and the vector to hybridize, and an extension step to form a complete plasmid (see Methods).
KHARTOUM, Sudan — After a brief, halting step toward reconciliation, military clashes along the long, disputed border between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan have stirred fears of a renewed conflict between the two sides.
A beaming Mr. Dujardin knelt at the foot of Robert De Niro, the jury president, performed a brief shuffle step, cursed in excitement, apologized and concluded his acceptance speech with, "Now I'm going to shut up, because apparently it works pretty well for me".
