The phrase "a step that often" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or processes that frequently occur or are commonly taken.
Example: "Taking a moment to reflect is a step that often leads to better decision-making."
Alternatives: "a measure that frequently" or "an action that commonly".
That could mean raising interest rates, a step that often discourages investors from buying stocks.
Those second-lien mortgages have to be renegotiated separately, a step that often complicates efforts to modify the primary loans.
On his recent album, "The Invisible Man" (Matador), underground rock's most celebrated bardic barfly took a step that often proves disastrous: he went electronic.
Mr. Cain becomes the first of the current crop of presidential contenders to receive Secret Service protection, a step that often doesn't take place until much later.
This represents a significant improvement compared to standard ELISA procedures in which antigens are adsorbed to the polystyrene surface of microtiter plate wells, a step that often results in protein denaturation.
45, 47 This may not be any different in today's medical literature and is likely further compounded by the fact that statisticians are not consistently involved in the peer review process, 48 a step that often improves the quality of the statistical methodology of accepted articles.
Every maker has a story like that — a first step that often involves tearing down a computer or clock or toaster, piece by piece.
Processing biomass for biochemical conversion of plant cell wall polysaccharides for fuel production by fermentation requires a pretreatment step that often involves an acid hydrolysis at high temperatures [ 1, 2].
But many people with few financial assets to protect do not take the important first step that often kicks off the advance care planning process.
How we unconsciously react to diversity is the key step that often gets skipped.
But after initial amazement, the focus has now turned to the difficult task of keeping the group safe and free from disease, as well as trying to understand why they were driven to cross the threshold into modern society – a step that has often proved fatal in the past.
