The phrase "a slight step in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a small or minor advancement or progress in a particular area or situation.
Example: "The new policy represents a slight step in the right direction towards improving employee satisfaction."
Alternatives: "a small move towards" or "a minor advancement in".
The new Bond, "Skyfall," is actually a slight step in that direction, given that its director, Sam Mendes, won for "American Beauty".
Splatoon might be only a slight step in the right direction for Nintendo, a company that's traditionally leant on its archive of veteran characters for new-title inspiration, but progress is progress.
While particularly the helical characteristic is preserved, we note a tendency to bend slightly in comparison with the NMR structure, most notable at around 70 ns where a slight step in the observables is visible.
McIlroy took a slight step back in 2013, going the entire year without a victory on either the PGA Tour or the European Tour.
Another is Nevada, which won 13 games in 2010 before taking a slight step back a season ago, finishing 8-5.
It's a slight step up from the firm's second fund, which closed with $40 million in 2014 and its debut fund of $21 million in 2012.
It was a step up for the Fahmy and Mohamed, but a slight step down for Greste.
Finally we return to the porch but with a slight step-back in time, so we see the newspaper being delivered to the door by a little girl, who dashes away.
In that video where Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela meet (two people that have the right to think they're each a pretty big deal), both show deference -- a slight lean-in and step forward, using the free arm for extra touch, smiling.[5] They're conveying that they respect and like the other -- which goes a long way to being liked in return.
The rise in allele frequency being slighter, a step in allele frequency is generated.
Bradbury admits to feeling like a perpetual outsider, always that slight step removed from the action.
