During the preliminary phase, they won 5 matches and drew 2 of their games.

The preliminary phase of the investigation is scheduled to take 28 days.

The lawsuit has been stalled at a preliminary phase for more than two years.

The mission will end the preliminary phase of station construction.

The points and goals scored in the preliminary phase will not be carried forward to the next round.

By now the computer was through the preliminary phases of the main sequence.

The project is still in a preliminary phase of research and development.

"However, the preliminary phases have been launched," he was quoted as saying.

It gives you the heart and courage to go forward, though we're in a very preliminary phase here.

But one Government official said today that movement toward a plea bargain was still in a preliminary phase.