The phrase "as preparatory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe actions or steps taken in advance to prepare for something.
Example: "The initial meeting was held as preparatory to the main conference next month."
Alternatives: "as a precursor" or "as a preliminary measure".
As preparatory meetings got underway last year, it was clear that there was a universal desire to ensure there would not be any repetition of 2001.
He dismissed the offer by the clandestine guerrilla group on Monday as "preparatory procedural steps" that fell short of real action.
One of the most startling elements of the show is the cut-outs Matisse made as preparatory materials from the chapel at Vence in the south of France.
The "lower" studies of logic and ethics and the observation of nature came to be regarded as preparatory training for communion with the divine.
According to the policy, the government would fund starter kits for shacks (10 wooden poles and 5 zinc sheets, 3 metres each), as well as preparatory and municipal engineering works.
However, as soon as preparatory work began for a fishing lake, local archaeologist Matthew Champion spotted Saxon pottery in the soil, and MoLA was called in for a full excavation.
Canova regarded his paintings as important preparatory tools for his sculptures, and also as works of art in their own right.
These studies suggest the need for local anesthetics such as lidocaine, and non-pharmacological approaches such as distraction, preparatory information, and the presence of parents [ 4– 10].
For the latter, DNA extraction was performed using the NucliSENS® easyMAG® platform (bioMerieux, France), using the generic protocol, as initial preparatory work indicated that the extraction procedure as prescribed by the manufacturer was not optimal resulting in PCR inhibition.
Based on the results obtained, this project could be seen as a preparatory step in a strategic analysis of the organisation as a whole.
Unaware of the American intentions, the British and Canadians thought that King, Boerstler and Winder had been intended as the first wave of Smyth's invasion rather than as a preparatory raid.
