The phrase "advance consultations" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to discussions or meetings that take place prior to a decision or action being taken.
Example: "The committee held advance consultations with stakeholders to gather their input before finalizing the proposal."
Alternatives: "preliminary discussions" or "prior consultations".
But Clinton blundered into the issue with no strategy at all and little or no advance consultation with the Joint Chiefs and Congress.
In fact, the museum spent months in advance consultation with prominent rabbis, educators, Holocaust scholars and Jewish leaders to develop a base of community understanding for this exhibition.
Without any advance consultation with the city, Mr. Deluce last month announced a conditional contract to buy 12 Bombardier CS100s, a new 107-seat jet that would do just that.
As the lord chief justice recalled, the constitutional reforms that brought about fundamental changes in the relationship between the government and the judiciary were announced in 2003 without any advance consultation or even prior notice to the judges that an announcement was to be made.
Here almost every outing involves an advance consultation with a map.
Dobbins' note to Kerry about the briefing says that Congress may have been more accepting of the administration's decision to sidestep its congressional notification requirement "had there been any advance consultation".
He argued that the screening process for refugees -- which is slow and extensive -- would not be enough to prevent terrorists from exploiting the program to come to the U.S. The state contends it has the authority to block Syrian refugees because the law requires resettlement agencies to work in "close cooperation and advance consultation with State and local governments".
In this case Ms. Stone, 20, had decided on the fly that she didn't feel like doing two of her songs that she and Ms. Rimes had selected in advance, in consultation with the show's producers.
Three years ago, the political climate was so toxic that when the final version of the Affordable Care Act didn't include the advance care consultation, Medicare administrators added it to a package of regulations — then suddenly removed it.
Politicians standing in the way of such discussions would, like the rest of us, eventually benefit from options laid out in advance in consultation with a trusted health professional.
