Just the first step on a long and difficult path.
A long, straight path led from one end of the building to the other.
It is split down the middle by a long path.
But the signing is only the first step in what will be a long and difficult path toward peace.
Congo is one long path and I learn to walk.
We must, however, tell Turkey that it will be a long and difficult path.
However, once inside, they would be nearly sitting ducks with a long straight path in front of them and little or no cover.
There is a long path by the cemetery leading down to the church.
Turkey, with 63 million people, still faces a long path.
Down a long path came an old man, very bent, leaning on a staff.