The phrase "a moderate step" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or decision that is not extreme and is considered reasonable or balanced in a given context.
Example: "The committee decided to take a moderate step towards addressing the issue, opting for a gradual implementation of the new policy."
Alternatives: "a measured approach" or "a reasonable action".
The resulting algorithm is called pseudo affine projection (PAP) algorithm, see Algorithm 8, as with a moderate step-size the original property is lost.
Where one or two steps at a moderate pace would be enough to elude pressure in the pocket, Griffin often takes that one extra step and at a pace so fast that he creates more pressure than what was originally there.
Ed Miliband's temporary freeze on energy bills is a fair and moderate step to protect consumers and open a failed market to competition.
Now the F.D.A. will be able to study whether this more moderate step prevents drug-induced liver injuries.
One therefore might think that it is sufficient to employ a moderate time-step to obtain an accurate numerical approximation.
At a moderate walking pace, 1,000 steps per day may be achieved in approximately ten minutes; thus a 1,000 steps/day increment arguably represents a feasible "dose increase in daily steps," keeping an eye to eventual clinical application [17].
During a week of unspeakable violence in Boston, the U.S. Senate blocked moderate steps toward tighter gun control.
By Matthew McKnight April 19, 2013 During a week of unspeakable violence in Boston, the U.S. Senate blocked moderate steps toward tighter gun control.
Both these proposals, which are very moderate steps, have now been abandoned.
But in many cases he worked with the Reagan administration to take moderate steps in relaxing rules governing federal land.
Ben Bernanke, who retires this month as the Fed's chairman, said he expected the Fed would take "similar moderate steps" in 2014.
