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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a first sampling of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing an initial selection or example of something, often in a context where further exploration or analysis will follow.
Example: "This report provides a first sampling of the data collected during the initial phase of the study."
Alternatives: "an initial selection of" or "a preliminary overview of".
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For doctors at other hospitals, it was a first sampling of the types of patients — drunken bar hoppers who have gotten into fights or fallen down stairs; young adults who have overdosed on pills; and tourists and residents suffering from more ordinary aches, pains and mishaps — that the future will bring.
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Using this technique, a first sample of more than two years of data has been analyzed without any evidence of a magnetic monopole.
(ii) Patients from whom we received a first sample of <850 µl; this was done to guard the integrity of the standard procedure for diagnosis.
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) has been designed to evaluate the efficacy of CareToy training in a first sample of low-risk preterm infants.
We observed a significant RA association for the C allele of rs3738919 in a first sample of French Caucasian families, the same trend in replication sample 2, and again a significant association in replication sample 3 (European Caucasian families).
After the quality check has been completed, a second sampling of 1% of subjects will be performed.
Instead of estimating a distribution function, the information contained in a given small sample is extracted directly to produce the sampling result as a second sample of considerably larger size that completely reflects the properties of the original small sample.
A second sample of 316 respondents cross-validates the findings.
The experts said a third sample of DNA was not necessarily that of the victim.
Experiment 3 applied these methods to a second sample of infants studied longitudinally.
And workers will have the right to demand that a second sample of their specimen be tested at a laboratory different from the first.
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