Sentence examples for be a preliminary step from inspiring English sources

Therefore, it could be a preliminary step necessary for liver fibrosis.

The complaints are said by authorities to be a preliminary step that enabled them to detain the men, who had known for more than a week that they were under investigation.

"It is also clear from the comments of some opponents of section 18C that the removal of "offend" and "insult" would only be a preliminary step towards the wholesale repeal of section 18C and related sections of the Act," Wertheim said.

The request, which would be a preliminary step to a possible indictment, is poised to be made next week and will be based on the testimony of Diego Torres, a former business school lecturer who became the partner of Cristina's husband, Iñaki Urdangarin.

The visits, the first by civilian lawyers to Guantánamo to visit detainees who have not been charged with any crime, would be a preliminary step to early court hearings in which the lawyers could exercise their new authority to challenge the detentions.

Despite the obvious limitation of having a small sample, this study has generated some novel findings that may be a preliminary step and a starting point for further investigations in this field, oriented towards a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach in the care of children and adolescents suffering from headaches.

In Braun's day, the development of a space station was thought to be a preliminary stepping-stone to the Moon and planets, but, when Cold War politics prompted Pres.

"This is a preliminary step," Mr. Patz said on Thursday.

Inspections are a preliminary step in an antitrust investigation.

Storage of the gasoline is a preliminary step to such use in interstate commerce.

It is a preliminary step in the investigative process, he said, and does not imply innocence or guilt.