"take a substantial step" is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It means to make significant progress towards a goal or to actively move forward in a process. It can be used in various contexts, such as discussing personal growth, career advancement, or project development. Example: After months of research and planning, she finally took a substantial step towards starting her own business by securing a small business loan.
Mr. Haroldson also said Mr. Acord had taken a "substantial step towards carrying out the crime," but would give no further details.
We respect that but believe that papers that attempt to corroborate previous findings without taking a substantial step forward, or bringing a new angle to the problem, will have a better home in specialty journals.
The tit-for-tat brinkmanship entered new and dangerous territory weeks after Obama's inauguration, when Ahmadinejad's government began making 20%-enriched uranium, taking the country a substantial step closer to making weapons grade (90%-enriched) uranium.
The paper by Krakstad et al (2012) in this issue of the BJC takes tissue biomarker studies a substantial step forward in endometrial cancer.
So it came as a surprise when Gary Cohn, the president of Goldman Sachs, told a press conference in Brazil in April that banks other than his and JPMorgan were "taking a pretty substantial step back from the markets" in a way that had not been seen "in the entire history of banking".He was not exaggerating.
"You are seeing big international banks, outside of ourselves and JPMorgan, really taking a pretty substantial step back from the markets, and we have not seen that in the entire history of banking," the Goldman executive, Gary D. Cohn, said in a news conference at the company's new offices in the city's sleek Infinity tower.
Are they not taking a substantial risk?
However, it takes a substantial commitment to get it right.
Malaysia, for one, has argued that ASEAN's credibility rests on persuading Myanmar to take more substantial steps toward democracy.
UKIP's Nigel Farage told the BBC the party had taken its "first substantial step towards a party that can credibly win seats at Westminster".
