"It is going to take a long time to build the kind of relationship with China that we want, but this was a useful step."

Increasing the fuel economy standard would be a useful initial step.

Both are masters at making every race a useful step toward an ultimate goal.

Another useful step would be to tax premium gas more heavily.

Congress can take two useful steps to reform the agency.

The show here is a useful step in that direction.

This analysis is a modest but useful step in that direction.

But I think he has made more useful steps than wrong ones.

There are useful steps that can be taken by governments, school officials, teachers, parents and even the students themselves.

"But I do know that there's a useful step along the way."