Sentence examples for been a preliminary step from inspiring English sources
A commission spokeswoman, Maria Madrid, said the decision to send questionnaires to the carriers had been a preliminary step that might or might not lead to a formal investigation.
"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.
The announcement is a preliminary step toward antitrust approval of Cingular's planned $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services.
This was a preliminary step that led Volta to the invention of the voltaic pile.
In fact, the localization of target objects is a preliminary step in any recognition system.
The designed model is a preliminary step prior to achieve the bigger scale for Malaysia.
Interrogations led commanders to believe the incident was a preliminary step to a planned general insurrection in the region.
