The phrase "a useful step for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or measures that are beneficial or helpful in achieving a particular goal or outcome.
Example: "Implementing a feedback system is a useful step for improving employee performance."
Alternatives: "a beneficial measure for" or "an advantageous action for".
Furthermore for this specific application, the reduction of the identified plant model appears to be a useful step for an initial reduction of the nominal designed controller.
Having it be a place where they've got classmates they can bounce ideas [off of]… Here, he clarifies that he views the guided inquiry worksheets as a useful step for students in between being shown ways to solve problems in lecture and applying these problem solving methods on homework assignments and exams.
Top Iranian government officials have expressed support for increased contacts between Iranians and the American people as a "useful step for better understanding between the two nations", as stated this summer by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
The determined specificity conferring positions will be helpful for the mutation of one subtype into another, e.g. turning DCL to LCL, which can be a useful step for obtaining novel products.
That's a useful step forward for a team clearly dedicated to unravelling the mysterious powers of alcohol.
"You don't have to fundraise, hire a minibus or get parental permission to go out in the school grounds," says Catherine Andrews, its chief executive, adding that taking pupils outdoors is a useful step in preparing them for a trip further afield.
Data on cancer spread after initial diagnosis are not routinely collected by population-based cancer registries worldwide, but where possible the use of such data in research is a useful step towards providing clinically relevant information for patients, clinicians and health policy makers.
Developing a model describing the chemical variation among the 209 possible congeners would be a useful step in any systematic approach for assessing the fate and risk posed by the PBDEs.
We demonstrated in this study that an affinity-purification is a useful step to enrich antibodies specific for an antigen.
For this reason, new tools for exploring the whole set of biochemical reactions between metabolic components, like those provided by the kpath Browser, represent a useful step towards more accessible platforms for accessing integrated data.
Passing a new charity law, stalled for years, to clarify charities' legal status would be a useful step in the right direction.The question for Mr Ma is how far he is prepared to nudge the regime in this direction.
