The phrase "a first step will be" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when outlining an initial action or measure to be taken in a process or plan.
Example: "To improve our customer service, a first step will be to conduct a survey to gather feedback."
Alternatives: "an initial action will be" or "the first action will be".
The goal of creating a better Iraq is a noble one, but a first step will be making sure that ordinary Iraqis find America's ideals and assistance more appealing than Al Qaeda's.
A first step will be an option, available within the next 12 months, to order goods late at night via its large stores for delivery the next day, before moving to same-day delivery.
A first step will be to bring back the handful of experienced and expert UK nationals in the European Commission.
A first step will be therefore to provide a trade off between estimation capacity and not too restrictive assumptions on the process itself, with respect to real spike train data.
A first step will be to test whether phase 2 enzyme induction in the prostate will prevent prostatic cancers in animal models.
To determine the mechanisms leading to polymicrogyria, a first step will be to perform histological and molecular studies on resected tissue or autopsy specimens, in addition to developing appropriate animal models, before the differences among the many patterns can be understood.
A second step will be the provision of urgently needed guidance regarding appropriate uses of information in biobanks and registries.
A crucial first step will be Fortov's choices to run for vice president positions.
Like with a kickoff, your first step will be a jab step, but with your kicking foot this time.
Nikki Clowers, director of financial management and community investment for the G.A.O., said in an e-mail, "Our first step will be to determine the objectives, scope and methodology for this review".
Given the new availability of citrate regional anticoagulation, we have designed a confirmatory, adaptive trial whose first step will be to prove this new technique easily allows high volume of plasma treated with CPFA.
