Sentence examples for been preliminary from inspiring English sources
noun
A preparation for a main matter; an introduction
There's been preliminary talk among city officials of allowing some kind of observatory to be established next to the ruins.
There have been preliminary talks so I am just looking to go out on the pitch and leave my agent to take care of that".
Microsoft described the aborted merger talks with SAP as having been "preliminary" and added that neither company intended to resume the negotiations.
Joseph Volpe, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, said there had been preliminary discussions about Mr. Messier joining the Met board.
Talks on Martin Contract Begin Curtis Martin's agent, Eugene Parker, said talks with the Jets on a new contract have been preliminary so far.
But administration insiders acknowledge that there have been preliminary discussions about whether to rethink the approach to a war that is clearly bogging down.
"These are preliminary reports.
But vetting is preliminary.
"These are preliminary results".
(These numbers are preliminary).
These are preliminary discussions".
