The phrase "an initial recommendation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a suggestion or advice that is preliminary or at the beginning of a discussion or process.
Example: "After reviewing the data, I would like to present an initial recommendation for improving our marketing strategy."
Alternatives: "a preliminary suggestion" or "a first recommendation".
The lower overall shift in treatment recommendations of 23% reported for N0 patients from the Australian study recently [ 15] can be explained by the much lower proportion of patients of 30% with an initial recommendation for CHT, whereas 47% of all N0 patients in our study were recommended CHT before Onco type DX based on traditional criteria.
The tribal chairwoman, Mary Sebastian, said she was confident that the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs will soon make an initial recommendation for approving the tribe's status.
The Chair of the CoC shall notify the chairs of the FPC and CUP of all proposal submissions ready for review and offer an initial recommendation for the expected path of review.
She then made an "initial recommendation" about a number of issues – all of which have been highlighted by UK media, politicians and advocates working on housing related matters: (1) the bedroom tax (2) regulation of the private rent sector and (3) social housing stock.
Response surface and age-shift modeling was used to establish an initial recommendation for mineral fertilization of the Eucalyptus plantations treated with sludge and to analyze the implications of increased growth on the duration of the forest cycle in a tropical climate.
The attorney's cooperation stemmed from an initial recommendation by the president's original lawyers John Dowd and Ty Cobb, who argued that if Trump has nothing to hide, why not cooperate fully?
W. G. Fowler, A Comparison of Initial Recommendation Procedures: Judicial Selection Under Reagan and Carter, 1 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. (1982).
For ITNs and Hib, financing commitments came after an initial WHO recommendation, but before a comprehensive recommendation.
WHO issued an initial, limited recommendation and then a more comprehensive recommendation some years later for five of the interventions.
Linear regression showed a significant influence if those with an initial HT recommendation (P = 0.048) but not if patients with initial CHT recommendation (P = 0.275) were analyzed.
In the USA, a coverage level of 85% was reached in the year 2003, seven years after the initial recommendation of a one-dose schedule.
