Sentence examples for are only preparatory from inspiring English sources

In contrast, in countries with a civil-law tradition written pleadings are only preparatory to the main hearing in open court, where allegations are clarified and proofs offered.

These remarks are only preparatory.

There are only preparatory games and there are only games we want to win and there is an awful lot of prestige in this one," he said.

Mr Viraphonh claims that what observers witnessed was only "preparatory work".

Otherwise, if you work with just the body, it is only preparatory in nature.

Both BP and Shell are only involved in exploratory preparatory drilling in the country, and neither is currently producing oil there.

I found that, in Express Gate mode, it took only eight seconds to boot up, as promised, but this was only a preparatory step.

The preparatory courses in physics are only little frequented (11%), however they seem to produce a serious difference (Figure 11).

His "Praying Hands", for example (right), wonderfully cross-hatched in white chalk on blue paper, was only one of dozens of preparatory sketches for an altarpiece that contained, in its central panel alone, 13 full-sized figures".I shall stick to my engraving, and if I had done so before I should today be a richer man"His pride in his own work extended to everything he did.

If we need to spend only a few seconds looking up something on the Web, it's only natural that we want the preparatory time to be as close to zero as possible.

Our prime minister was only seven when he was sent away to board at Heatherdown preparatory school in Berkshire.