The phrase "constitute the first step" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to refer to something that serves as the initial part of a process or action. For example: "Developing a strong and healthy relationship with our customers has always been a priority for us, so we decided that creating a feedback system would constitute the first step."
They constitute the first step in avoiding them.
Topological meshing may constitute the first step in the common iterative process of discretization to facilitate the resolution of a partial differential equation.
The results constitute the first step towards the full multi-scalar integration of landscape architectures, stratified archaeological sites and surface sediments at regional and local levels.
These results constitute the first step in the kinetic analysis of the reaction between CO and imidazolium chlorocuprate(I) ionic liquid that determines the design of the separation units.
Where are the rich conversations on this problem that normally constitute the first step?
We believe that the SADI web services, the semantic resource envelopment, and the seamless machine reasoning they enable constitute the first step on our journey to a way of practicing science that transcends disciplines, knows no barriers, and encompasses all human knowledge without taxing the beholder with menial and irrelevant tasks: a self-aware science.
When trained with a corpus of child-directed utterances annotated with situation descriptions, the model gradually acquires the concrete word combinations and item-based constructions that constitute the first steps toward adult language.
Overall, it is likely that the provision of more comprehensive information, engagement in service needs assessments, and allowance for choice and service flexibility constitute the first steps to be taken in decreasing service refusal in situations of need.
E3 ubiquitin ligases constitute the third step of the ubiquitination process and have an obligatory role in catalyzing the conjugation of ubiquitin to a lysine residue in the target proteins.
The central fiction in the budget is that it constitutes the first step in halving the record $521 billion deficit over the next five years.
