The phrase "a preliminary change" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial or early modification that is subject to further review or adjustment.
Example: "Before we finalize the project, we need to implement a preliminary change to the design based on the feedback we received."
Alternatives: "an initial modification" or "a preliminary adjustment."
Reversibility: According to Dr. Feldenkrais, optimal movement can be stopped at anytime... or reversed without any preliminary change of attitude and without effort.
Shares of medical device companies specializing in joint replacement could see a jump after preliminary changes to 2007 Medicare policy were announced late Wednesday.
Preliminary changes will include later hours for counseling and outreach to students.
Mr. Levy said he hoped to make preliminary changes in the central administration and the superintendencies this fall, and more changes later in the school year.
I heard praise for the preliminary changes from wives, girl friends, even children, as well as from male friends who in some cases had nudged initiates into the training.
Preliminary changes to the original questionnaires were made by three experienced psychologists and reviewed by Dr Varni, who recommended further modifications.
A Fire Department spokesman, L. Frank Gribbon, said that a preliminary application to change the fire suppression system from a Halon gas system to the carbon dioxide system, which displaces oxygen in closed spaces, had been filed in 1976 but never followed up, and that the department had not found any records indicating approval of the current system.
A preliminary investigation of change in NSSI was also conducted.
Given that there is no existing theory or process model explaining shifts in romantic relationship experiences as part of acculturation, we also aimed at identifying a preliminary model explaining change.
We have provided a preliminary demonstration that changes in heart rate and oxygen saturation, measured using domiciliary pulse oximetry and incorporated into a composite score, are able to differentiate exacerbation onset from stable COPD with reasonable sensitivity and specificity.
