The phrase "as the first phase" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is occurring or being done in the initial stage of a process or project.
Example: "We will begin the project as the first phase of our long-term strategy."
Alternatives: "in the initial stage" or "during the preliminary phase".
It aimed to achieve the same environmental releases as the first phase using 605 gigalitres less water recovery.
Even as the first phase is readied for a spring opening, a second phase, from 20th to 30th Street, is expected to be completed in 2010.
In this quasi-experimental study, as the first phase, 190 operational employees of an ORC were recruited.
As the first phase of QFD, product planning house of quality (PPHOQ) plays a very important role in this process.
He described the operation as the first phase of a broader military movement that has elements within the Venezuelan military and in units outside the country.
As the first phase of their restoration nears its end, the students have already set their sights beyond simply recovering the Buchla's sound.
As the first phase of this policy, a new Open Knowledge Repository was launched and a set of Creative Commons copyright licenses was adopted.
As the first phase of our epidemiological research, we developed a comprehensive screening instrument for identifying children with acute, recurrent, and chronic pain, the Pain Experience Interview.
To study the effect of material as the first phase, six different sheets of material have been concerned to investigate the rigidity of the structure.
Scottish Expansion The National Galleries of Scotland open their newly renovated Royal Scottish Academy building on Aug. 6 as the first phase of a nearly $50 million, five-year project linking its new building to the current National Galleries site.
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