Preliminary negotiations may be carried out between a faculty member and a sponsor, but no proposals or commitments should be made.
Preliminary negotiations for the sale of a part interest in the New York Mets to MCA Inc., the giant entertainment company, are under way.
Preliminary negotiations have begun with Columbia University, Mr. King's alma mater; he was a trustee there and headed the presidential search committees that hired George Rupp and Lee C. Bollinger.
Preliminary negotiations toward some manner of document, involving all 192 member states, ended last week stuck on familiar problems — the working document doubling in size to 34 pages amid protracted wrangling over issues like commitments to cut emissions.
Preliminary negotiations on energy markets are scheduled in Moscow for Secretary Perry and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak for later this week, according to Russia's Energy Ministry.
It also obliges workers to hold "preliminary negotiations" with employers before initiating strike action.
What we are witnessing are the preliminary negotiations of how such an arrangement might work.
He said he had led preliminary negotiations with Sun about implementing Java on Android in 2005.
The two sides have held preliminary negotiations during the last month.
