The phrase "first step to explore" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the first action or experience one takes towards something unknown or unstudied. For example: Learning Spanish is an exciting opportunity - the first step to explore the language is to learn the most commonly used words and phrases.
The recent Air Force announcement "is a preliminary first step to explore theoretical options for replacement of the Minuteman III ICBM force," says Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Washington DC-based Arms Control Association.
The aim of this paper is to describe the airflow field in and around a designated refuge floor, which is the first step to explore the wind effect on the safeness of refuge floors.
This work is a first step to explore the application of LD to high-resolution problems in the analysis of residual stresses, where both the accurate measurement of absolute d values and the possibility of measuring type II and III stresses may provide additional information beyond those accessible by conventional diffraction techniques.
We have carried out a molecular dynamics simulation study of electrophoretic translocation of a generic charged polymer through an artificial nanopore as a first step to explore the feasibility of semiconductor-based nanopore devices for ultra-fast sequencing of biological macromolecules.
We employed a cDNA microarray to analyze the patterns of the global gene expression of 2B4 cells in response to SARS-CoV, as the first step to explore the likely antiviral signaling pathway/s.
As a first step to explore the difference in two states, we performed a linear regression analysis for each state.
Rather, I consider the opening of a secret in the therapy room to be the first step to exploring the consequences of telling others, ultimately doing so, and remaining for the real work of relational healing after a secret opens.
This study was a natural first step to exploring the biological traits that allow Leptoseris spp. to persist and dominate at mesophotic depths (i.e. 67 to 100 m depth).
Documenting whether genetic variation for antibiotic resistance arises during the course of biofilm development is an important first step to exploring biofilm persistence in the face of antibiotic treatment.
A first step to exploring generality across species might involve a similar experimental set-up to that used here but with non-human predators: birds can readily be trained to peck at targets on a computer screen and this has been used effectively to explore questions in adaptive coloration [ 37].
Oil companies are taking the first steps to explore in the Beni and Pando Departments of the Bolivian Amazon.
