The phrase "a preliminary phase of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an initial stage or step in a process or project.
Example: "Before we move on to the main project, we need to complete a preliminary phase of research and planning."
Alternatives: "an initial stage of" or "a preparatory phase of".
So they are now in a preliminary phase of experimenting with increased connectivity among their own people.
He also described plots still in a preliminary phase of development, such as a plan to bomb targets on America's West Coast.
The land is in a preliminary phase of planning for park development, along with other major parklands in southern Staten Island.
We are grateful to C.-L. Wei and collaborators (Genome Institute of Singapore) for the sequencing of ChIP-seq samples in a preliminary phase of this study.
Analytical trajectories are therefore useful aids in a preliminary phase of mission design, even though exact solution are very difficult to obtain.
Both Royal Free and DeepMind argue that providing direct care using an app such as Streams requires a preliminary phase of testing using real patient data before putting it into practice, and that the regulations don't reflect the real needs of healthcare providers.
Since early 1999, we have been working on an environmental information system as a preliminary phase to develop the National Strategy of the Catalan Coast.
MGCD0103 has evidence of activity in other types of lymphoma, as demonstrated by a preliminary phase II study of 38 patients in which four responses were reported among follicular lymphoma and large cell lymphoma subtypes [51].
Of course, if one performs both of them, there is a suggested natural order, but the particular research question will define if they are both necessary or if, in a preliminary phase, only one of them is requested.
Some factors related to the process (e.g., implementation of a preliminary phase, workers' involvement, and use of external consultants) showed a role in significant differences that emerged in the levels of risk, particularly in relation to findings from the preliminary assessment.
On account of its long duration, the high rank of the scholars it engaged, and the breadth of its scope this area of the overall translation movement from Greek into Arabic cannot be reduced to a mere preliminary phase of the Arabic reception of the Metaphysics, but rather provides a specimen of the main trends that characterized the first centuries of its history.
