preparatory stage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreparatoryandstage
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preparatory
adjective
uk/prɪˈpær.ə.tər.i/us/prɪˈper.ə.tɔːr.i/
done in order to get ready ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk/steɪdʒ/us/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofpreparatoryandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The new countries have come through thepreparatorystagewith flying colours.
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It is important and indeed necessary for the interest groups concerned to be consulted even during thepreparatorystage.
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But there was a longpreparatorystagefor each school.
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But we have no such consensus of agreement as to the point at which thepreparatorystageshould pass into the primary stage.
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Thepreparatorystageof education is a stage apart in so far as we can separate the whole continuous process of education into parts.
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We are still at thepreparatorystage, where we look at all the technical details.
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With regard to the continuing process, we can also state that many people are in favour of a convention in thepreparatorystage.
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Work is well advanced; it is in thepreparatorystage.
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I submit that thepreparatorystagewill be a very important one.
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Secondly, building on experience of pre-trial reviews, it establishes for such cases apreparatorystageof the trial, before a jury is sworn.
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This report focuses almost exclusively on the matter of renewable energy sources and underlines the fundamental issues which must be examined during thepreparatorystage.
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This means that during thepreparatorystagemarket possibilities and needs were not properly considered.
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Of course arguments also arose between the groups during thepreparatorystage, nearly all of which were settled.
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I do not know whether it would be wise to impose such a burden at thatpreparatorystage.
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One has to start at the beginning, in thepreparatorystageof a child's life.
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If one could go back to thepreparatorystage, one could still challenge the outcome and thus there would be no finality.
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You took account of the substance of our opinion at thepreparatorystagewhen you were doing your own preparatory work.
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I agree that the reaching of apreparatorystageis taking much longer than we would like.
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Of course, the original 200,000 are themselves partly in thepreparatorystage, and they will be built up.
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Perhaps our successors at some future date will be able to decide which is the appropriate age at which thepreparatorystageshould end.
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