The phrase "a provisional statement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a statement that is temporary or subject to change, often used in contexts like reports, agreements, or discussions.
Example: "The committee issued a provisional statement regarding the new policy, pending further review and feedback from stakeholders."
Alternatives: "temporary statement" or "interim statement".
The World Meteorological Organization released a provisional statement on global temperatures, declaring that 2016 was "very likely" to beat 2015 as the hottest on record.
According to a provisional statement, drafted at the national convention last summer at Wayne State University in Detroit, the group aims to combat "racism and white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, heterosexism and transphobia, authoritarianism and imperialism".
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a provisional statement here in Morocco just two days ago projecting that "2016 is on track to be the hottest year on record" and that "long-term climate indicators are also record breaking".
These early contributions, along with our summary, will be collated and summarised in a set of provisional statements, which will be listed in a table and sent to participants for ranking ('round 2'round
There's always a lot of uncertainty and provisional statements, which are heavily qualified, can be seized upon as firm expressions of policy.
There's always a lot of uncertainty — and provisional statements, which are heavily qualified, can be seized upon as firm expressions of policy.
The inquiry took oral evidence from 164 witnesses over the 139 days it sat between November 2010 and December 2011, and also received 87 witness statements and 39 provisional statements, and over a million pages of evidence in total.
"The meeting welcomed the formation of a governing council, considering it a step in the right direction toward the formation of a provisional government," the statement said.
The House and Senate bills, sponsored by Cole and Sen. Stephen H. Martin (R-Chesterfield), would only allow the voter to cast a provisional ballot after signing the statement.
To the extent that a company has not completed its assessment under ASC 740 of the income tax effect of a provision of the Tax Act on its financial statements, but can determine a "reasonable estimate" of the effect on its financial statements, the company should reflect the reasonable estimate in its financial statements as a "provisional amount," and identify it as such.
To the extent that a company has not reflected the impact of the Tax Act in its financial statements (either on a provisional basis or as a result of having completed its assessment of such effect), and instead reports its financial results based on the tax laws as in effect immediately before enactment of the Tax Act, such disclosures continue to qualify as GAAP as a result of SAB 118.
