preliminary draft
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreliminaryanddraft
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preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
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draft
noun
uk/drɑːft/us/dræft/
a piece of text, a formal suggestion, or a drawing in its original state, often containing the main ideas and intentions but not the ...
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(Definition ofpreliminaryanddraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The findings thus far were written as apreliminarydrafttext.
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The firstpreliminarydraftwas issued in 1959.
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The presentation of thepreliminarydraftbudget for the financial year 2003 is closed.
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Apreliminarydraftof regulations covering the use of radioactive substances as sealed sources, and machines intended to produce ionising radiations was published in 1957.
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Indeed, that is reiterated in the foreword of thepreliminarydraftthat we are debating.
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I shall pass over the fact that thepreliminarydraftof this report was totally muddled.
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It wants the approbations included in thepreliminarydraftof the budget reinstated.
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We appealed to keep, or if necessary reinstate, all the budgetary lines from thepreliminarydraftbudget.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
With one member dissenting, the committee supported thepreliminarydraftregulations but recommended substantial easements to take account of the many representations that it received.
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The draft will take account of comments received from interested non-governmental organisations on apreliminarydraft.
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Thispreliminarydraftbudget is the first step.
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Support for youth, educational and cultural programmes has also been built into thepreliminarydraftbudget.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The same assessment was provided last year in thepreliminarydraftbudget for 2004.
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Secondly, the market situation in a number of sectors has unfortunately not improved since thepreliminarydraftbudget was presented.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Overall, thepreliminarydraftbudget provides for very high increases for promoting an area of security, freedom and justice.
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That is only an initial discussion of thepreliminarydraftbudget.
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Thepreliminarydraftbudget documents contain the relatively new development of budget expenditure over the succeeding three years—that is the period 1976 to 1978.
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Thepreliminarydraftof the regulations was first issued in 1965.
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I suspect that means that, for apreliminarydraft, we have got it about right.
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It is hoped to send out apreliminarydraftto the organisations interested in the near future.
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