The phrase "an essential start" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to something that is crucial or necessary at the beginning of a process or project.
Example: "This training program provides an essential start for new employees to understand the company's values and goals."
Alternatives: "a crucial beginning" or "a vital kickoff".
But, he said, it is an essential start, providing relatively cheap insurance against harm if scientists' predictions of the consequences of a warming climate prove correct.
It would be not be sufficient for a ballot paper to include "none of the above", although this is clearly an essential start.
To release the seven Baha'i leaders – whose only "crime" is tending to the needs of their community – is an essential start if the government is to abide by recognised standards of human rights and due process.
Representative Henry A. Waxman, the California Democrat who is chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, said, "While this bill is short of our ultimate goal of health reform, it is a down payment, and is an essential start".
As an essential start to revitalization, all NATO members must meet the defense-spending pledge made at the 2014 summit meeting in Wales — namely, 2percentt of gross domestic product should be spent on defense and 20percentt of each member's national defense budget should be devoted to major equipment and modernization.
That is an essential start, but as people involved in improving medical care have learned, finding someone to blame for a mistake doesn't fix deeper problems, said James M. Doyle, a lawyer and visiting fellow with the National Institute of Justice who is studying mistakes in the criminal justice system.
This positive mindset is an essential starting point.
So being clear about what the corporate university stands for is an essential starting point.
It is our view that solutions to such problems are an essential starting point for any progress towards social inclusion".
She viewed the creation of safe and harmonious, intimate and supportive spaces as an essential starting place.
Your essay is an essential starting point, but where is the political road map for making it happen?
