The phrase "firmly address" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to approach a situation or issue with determination and assertiveness. Example: In order to prevent further delays, the CEO firmly addressed the team's lack of communication and implemented a new system for regular updates.
Dozens of environmental and health groups send a letter to President Obama asking him to firmly address the challenge of climate change in his second term.
Thus further studies on the mechanistic interplays of IAV evolution with the IAV Pol fidelity and other viral and host factors that can produce the IAV genomic mutations are necessary to firmly address the sources of the IAV genomic mutagenesis.
Treating physicians must always consider the question of risk/benefit when considering a therapeutic approach, and for immunotherapy, more data is needed to firmly address this issue.
To firmly address whether the NE translocation of ATR under hypertonic stress was RPA independent, we examined ATR and p-Chk1 localization in RPA70-depleted cells.
Our results highlight the need to more firmly address sexuality and gender dynamics among men in the growing informal urban areas with strikingly high HIV prevalence in South Africa.
To firmly address the question if JNK1 activation in the CNS will give rise to dysfunctional energy homeostasis, mice lacking JNK1 in all neurons (called JNK1∆Nes) were generated by crossing mice with a loxP-flanked JNK1 allele with those harbouring a Nestin-Cre gene, which is generally used to ablate a gene of interest in neurons and astrocytes in the CNS [ 10, 31].
This sort of irresponsible behaviour could have a major impact on that objective if it is not firmly addressed".
I couldn't see her, but I could hear her firmly addressing the attacker -- Back off! Go away!" -- as she had been taught.
One classic Norton moment comes when Ralph is trying to learn to play golf and Norton is reading from a book on how to execute a proper swing: "First step up, plant your feet firmly and address the ball".
Tim Munden, vice-president of human resources at Unilever UK, said the consumer goods giant "firmly believed" in addressing depression to bring about benefits for the business and its employees.
The Malaysian Government Transformation Program (Roadmap 2.0) on "reducing crime initiatives", has pointed-out that the house break-ins and vehicle theft appears to be a serious crime that needs to be addressed firmly.
