preliminary stage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreliminaryandstage
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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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stage
noun[C]
uk/steɪdʒ/us/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofpreliminaryandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Here we do not care about thepreliminarystageof the formation of the virtual cathode.
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The results obtained are still in apreliminarystageand further investigations are in progress.
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The project team solicited inputs from both practitioners and academics from both countries at itspreliminarystagethrough a series of workshops.
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The analysis of this data is still at apreliminarystageand fur ther experimental measurements are planned.
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This is associated with the fact that inflammatory changes in the mucous membrane of the stomach can constitute apreliminarystagefor cancer.
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Work on a new version of the environment, with a single definition server shared among all users, is at apreliminarystage.
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What is currently unclear at thispreliminarystageof investigation are considerations of cost and rehabilitative outcomes.
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Even at thispreliminarystage, the categorical perspective allows us to crisply state the formal difference between bunch-based control over structurals and that obtained from linear logic, or linear typing.
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Has scheduling been addressed, at least at apreliminarystage?
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The metalinguistic nature of this utterance of the negative sentence will be recognised on the first pass through the utterance, without anypreliminarystageat which it is analysed descriptively.
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A way forward here might be to more systematically link health technology assessments, even at apreliminarystage, to earlier provision of advice on emerging health technologies.
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As apreliminarystagefor quality assurance measures in outpatient care, such as the issue of relevant guidelines, the effectiveness of imaging diagnostics and their alternatives should be further evaluated.
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My examination of these matters is at present in apreliminarystage.
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The preparation of this scheme is in apreliminarystage.
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The estimation of property demolition was that judged to be required for each option, at thispreliminarystage.
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The investigation is still in thepreliminarystageand it is unlikely that the report of the commission will be completed for many months.
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Have not these investigations been going on for nearly a year, and ought we not by now to have completed at least thepreliminarystage?
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Thirty-five appraisal certificates have been issued so far: thirty-seven appraisals are in hand; and about sixty more are at apreliminarystageof negotiations.
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At the very least, at thepreliminarystagethe court should have the discretion in such circumstances to prohibit the prosecution from proceeding.
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But the amendment moved by my noble friend deals with a rather morepreliminarystage.
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