preliminary research
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreliminaryandresearch
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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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research
noun[U]
uk/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/us/ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/
a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a ...
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Preliminaryresearchsuggests that, indeed, adolescent-onset cases are less likely to go on to adult criminality.
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The review includes the enrollment to the study, thepreliminaryresearchoutcomes, and unexpected study events.
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Most of the agencies and other institutions recommendpreliminaryresearchto address the background issues.
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The study can be regarded a piece ofpreliminaryresearchinto youth.
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Thus, so far, any focus on south midland speech or on social factors such as gender, age, and class has been limited topreliminaryresearch.
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Preliminaryresearchsupports this conjecture.
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We have somepreliminaryresearchgoing on, but it is on a somewhat haphazard basis.
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The level of advertisement revenue admittedly was lower than in the first year, but the first year included an element forpreliminaryresearch.
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I am grateful for her exploration of gaps in thepreliminaryresearch.
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It is estimated that thispreliminaryresearchhas cost about £1,500, mostly this year.
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It is a question of analysing trends and doing thepreliminaryresearchand planning now, because it is much easier to do it now.
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Of course, to achieve that end there must be thoroughpreliminaryresearchinto a vast mass of documentary material.
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Consultants carried outpreliminaryresearchinto existing practices and helped shape the guidance.
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Although onlypreliminaryresearchhas been done, and the results of the study have not yet been made public, those results are a matter of concern.
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Preliminaryresearchwas completed in 1985.
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Before the industry can be invited to submit design studies for spacecraft,preliminaryresearchstudies will be required, in which industry may be asked to participate.
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As has been said, we are progressing inpreliminaryresearchfor the purposes of our two national official histories, and the first step there is the collection of material.
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Preliminaryresearchhas shown some medicinal mushroom isolates to have cardiovascular, anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, and antidiabetic properties.
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Preliminaryresearchhas shown the fungus is 100% effective in eliminating bed bugs exposed to cotton fabric sprayed with fungus spores.
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Somepreliminaryresearchfindings (published in the biomedical literature), together with their limitations, are described below.
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